Srinagar, July 9 -- Srinagar- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Thursday quashed the preventive detention of two persons from south Kashmir under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that serious procedural lapses by the authorities vitiated the detention process and violated the constitutional safeguards guaranteed to detainees.

A bench of Justice Rahul Bharti set aside the detention orders against Asif Ahmad Dar of Pulwama and Amir Wani of Anantnag and directed their immediate release.

In case of Asif Ahmad Dar who was booked under PSA on 30 April last year, the Court observed that while the detention order informed him of his right to make a representation to both the government and the detaining authority, the execution report pre...