PSA invoked routinely like traffic challan: Jammu & Kashmir HC quashes preventive detention

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh recently quashed a preventive detention order passed in April 2024 against a man, holding that the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) was invoked against him with less care than one would take while issuing a traffic violation ticket [Shabir Ahmed Dar V/s UT of J&K].