Supreme Court Sets Aside Detention Orders in Preventive Detention Case — Government Obligation to Consider Representation Under Article 22(5) Exists Even After Reference to Advisory Board. The Court held that Article 22(5) implicitly requires the appropriate Government to consider a detenu's representation irrespective of the stage of reference to the Advisory Board, and failure to do so vitiates the detention.
1 May 1969This case arose from a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India filed by several persons detained under the Preventive Detention Ac...
