Srinagar, Oct. 3 -- Srinagar- Underlining that vague allegations cannot form the basis of preventive detention and that unexplained delay in considering a detainee's representation infringes his valuable procedural rights, the High Court of J&K and Ladakh has quashed the PSA detention order against a Shopian resident.

A bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal while allowing a petition filed by Mashooq Ahmad Shah, held that the detention grounds lacked necessary particulars and had prevented him from making an effective representation against his detention. The court also found that the authorities had taken more than one-and-a-half months to decide his representation without offering any explanation for the delay.

The authorities had contended t...