The Allahabad High Court issued sweeping new guidelines to curb the abuse of preventive detention, ruling that magistrates and police officers can be held personally liable for illegal detentions. Under the new framework, if a person is held for more than 24 hours without valid justification, the state must pay compensation of ₹25,000 (approximately $300) per day. The ruling represents a significant judicial pushback against a practice that civil liberties organizations have long criticized as endemic in Indian law enforcement [9].
Walter Murrow
June 10, 2026
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