Don’t invoke preventive detention laws at the drop of a hat, State Public Prosecutor tells DGP

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A State Public Prosecutor in India advised caution against the overuse of preventive detention laws, noting many orders are quashed by High Courts as they are issued in minor cases rather than those affecting public order. The guidance calls for more judicious application of such orders.

The law officer says, most of the preventive detention orders get quashed by the High Court because they get passed in trifling cases too and not necessarily in those which affect public order