JAMMU, March 9 -- In a significant ruling, Justice Sanjay Dhar of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court at Jammu has quashed two preventive detention orders passed under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, holding that the detaining authority acted with "total non-application of mind" and for an objective alien to the purpose of the law..
In the first case, Mahavir Singh alias Appu had challenged Order No. PITNDPS 40 of 2025 dated 27.06.2025, while in the second, Mohd. Arif assailed Order No. PITNDPS 41 of 2025 dated 04.07.2025, both issued by the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu under Section 3(1) of the PIT-NDPS Act. The Court noted that both petitioners had questioned the detention or...