Overview
- A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria declined to entertain the writ petition and granted liberty to move the jurisdictional High Court.
- The court requested the Punjab and Haryana High Court to preferably dispose of the matter within six weeks.
- The petition targets Singh’s third detention under the National Security Act, and his counsel said he has been held about two and a half years on a single FIR for which a chargesheet exists.
- Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju appeared for the Union after an initial pass over and said six weeks may be too short for filings, as the bench noted the pressure on High Court judges.
- The bench distinguished this matter from activist Sonam Wangchuk’s case, noting that case involved a transfer to another state.