National Security Act

The Allahabad High Court...

Allahabad High Court division bench while hearing a petition filed by Ram Sewak upheld an order of the District Magistrate passed against a rape-murder accused under Section 3 (2) of the National Security Act, 1980.

The letter was signed by former judges of the apex court Justices B Sudarshan Reddy, V Gopala Gowda and AK Ganguly, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, former judge of Madras High Court Justice K Chandru, and former judge of Karnataka High Court Mohammed Anwar.

The apex court has stated that India cannot have one legal system for the rich and one for small men. Even though a large number of Indians is in preventive detention, the judiciary seems powerless to change the overall structures of power.

Under the NSA, officers can keep a person in preventive custody for months, if they feel the person is a threat to the security and law and order of the country.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to release activist Leichombam Erendro, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA), allegedly over a Facebook post related to the death of state BJP chief S Tikendra Singh, who succumbed to Covid-19.

The counsel for the respondents contended that the detention order was passed after due application of mind and that the detaining authority was aware of the fact that the petitioner was in custody and that provisions of Section 3(5) of the Act have been duly complied with.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday set aside the detention order under the National Security Act (NSA) passed by a District Magistrate against a businessman.

The petitioner Mustafa MH says that after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, section 18 is hit by Article 22 (7) of the Constitution that did not apply to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Allahabad High Court on Monday cancelled the conviction of Javed Siddiqui, who is accused of arson and rioting in Dalit township of Jaunpur