#preventive detention law

Kerala High Court directs expeditious consideration of a detenu's request for temporary release under Section 14 of the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007, emphasizing the balance between preventive detention and constitutional rights. The ruling sets a precedent for humanitarian exceptions in detention laws, impacting detenus with critically ill family members.

The Bombay High Court has ruled that mere engagement in illegal gambling, without evidence of organized criminal activity or nexus to broader public disorder, cannot justify preventive detention under the MPDA Act. This reinforces the constitutional limit on state power to curtail liberty based on speculative risk, protecting individual rights against overbroad application of preventive laws.