ORDER :

Petitioner happens to be the wife of one Mr. Sharath @ Sharath Kumar, who has suffered the Detention Order dated 04.04.2024 made by the 4th Respondent – Deputy Commissioner under Section 3(2) of the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas (Immoral Traffic Offencers, Slum-Grabbers and Video or Audio Pirates) Act, 1985. She has also called in question, the Government order dated 03.05.2024 issued under Section 3(3) of the Act whereby the Detention Order has been confirmed for a period of one year.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner sought for the invalidation of these orders essentially arguing that: the detenue does not know reading & writing Kannada & English, although he knows speaking Kannada; that being the position, all the papers on which the impugned orders are framed ought to have been translated to Tamil which he knows reading & writing; the Detention Order refers to several bail orders secured by the detenue and copies thereof were not made available to him; the detenue has not been given legible copies of the orders/papers on which the Detention Order is structured; there is no allegation of the det