Legal Articles Supreme Court Stresses Independent Application of Mind in Preventive Detention Orders March 6, 2025 / March 6, 2025 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court recently ruled that preventive detention orders must demonstrate an independent application of mind by the detaining authority and cannot be based on a casual reference to the material placed before it [Mortuza Hussain Choudhary v. State of Nagaland]. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih held that a mere […] Read more ยป Independent Application of Mind in Preventive Detention Orders