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Supreme Court Quashes NSA Preventive Detention Over Confession

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC · How we work

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The Supreme Court quashed Mulla Afroz’s preventive detention under the National Security Act.
Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu delivered the ruling on September 29 2026.
The court ruled that a police-custody confession alone cannot justify NSA detention.
It set aside the October 13 2025 detention order and the Allahabad High Court’s confirmation.
The court imposed a Rs 10 lakh cost on the Uttar Pradesh government for the illegal detention.

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The Supreme Court quashed Mulla Afroz’s preventive detention under the National Security Act.
Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu delivered the ruling on September 29 2026.
The court ruled that a police-custody confession alone cannot justify NSA detention.
It set aside the October 13 2025 detention order and the Allahabad High Court’s confirmation.
The court imposed a Rs 10 lakh cost on the Uttar Pradesh government for the illegal detention.