Preventive detention: A loss of right within the fundamental rights
Preventive detention laws in India curb the fundamental rights of persons for acts they may or may not commit. It is time to do away with such laws and the constitutional basis provided to them under Article 22, writes Mihir Desai.
Mihir Desai is a human rights lawyer, practising as senior counsel in the High Court of Bombay and Supreme Court of India. He has represented several human rights activists including the late Stan Swamy and victims of communal violence including Zakia Jafri