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RAHUL BHARTI
Mohd. Rafi – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. Perused the pleadings and the record attended therewith. Also perused the detention record produced in reference to the case.
2. The petitioner has invoked writ jurisdiction of this Court under article 226 of the Constitution of India for seeking a writ of habeas corpus for quashment of his preventive detention and for consequent restoration of his personal liberty which has come to suffer denial on account of preventive detention order no. 1st/DM/K/PSA of 2023, dated 15.04.2023 passed by the respondent no. 2-District Magistrate, Kishtwar.
3. A course of event which led the respondent no. 2-District Magistrate, Kishtwar in coming forward with the petitioners' aforesaid detention order relates to the respondent no. 3- Sr. Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kishtwar preparing a dossier no. CS/PSA/2023/3109-12/C, dated 27.02.2023 with respect to the petitioner on the basis of which a case came to be submitted to the respondent no. 3-District Magistrate, Kishtwar for getting preventive detention slapped upon the petition in order to deprive of his personal liberty reckoning him to be a case warranting application of J&K Public Safety A
Preventive detention orders must have a clear link to recent activities; failure to disclose essential facts renders such orders illegal.
Preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act was found illegal due to lack of substantive grounds and procedural violations, emphasizing the protection of personal liberty.
The court held that preventive detention requires substantiated and lawful justifications, ruling against arbitrary state authority.
The distinction between law and order and public order is crucial in cases of preventive detention, and the impact on the community must be considered. The failure to respond to the petitioner's repr....
Preventive detention must be justified by clear grounds and cannot serve punitive purposes; failure to differentiate factual basis renders detention illegal.
order of detention - Execution of - It transpires that impugned order was issued by detaining authority on 22nd November 2019 and same was confirmed by Government under Section 17(1) of Act 1978 for ....
Preventive detention – Subjective satisfaction, which a Detaining Authority is required to arrived at on the basis of material before it is not subject matter of judicial review.
The court upheld the preventive detention order, affirming that the Detaining Authority's subjective satisfaction was valid and the grounds of detention were adequately communicated to the detenue.
The power of preventive detention is exercised to prevent and not to punish, and strict compliance with the statutory procedure under NSA is essential.
Preventive detention orders must demonstrate awareness of the detenue's custody status and cannot conflate grounds of public order and security of the State; failure to do so invalidates the order.
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