Karnataka High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order for Non-Communication of Grounds in Language Known to Detenu — Violation of Article 22(5) of Constitution and Section 8 of Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1985. The court held that failure to supply grounds in Telugu, the only language known to the detenu, vitiated the detention order and ordered his release.
27 Oct 2016The petitioner, Smt. Jayamma, wife of the detenu Giddappa @ Lambu Giddappa, filed a habeas corpus petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitut...
