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Six in Sopore Detained Under PSA Over Student Protest Unrest

The move uses a preventive detention law that allows jailing without trial, signaling a tougher stance on recent unrest.

Italian Senate Backs Security Decree as CSM Flags Risks in 12-Hour Protest Detentions

Supreme Court Upholds Detention of Kannada Actor Ranya Rao in Gold Smuggling Case

Supreme Court Sends Savukku Shankar Detention Challenge to Madras High Court

Odisha Police Invoke NSA to Detain Suspected Cattle Smuggler

STF Second Chamber Unanimously Upholds Vorcaro’s Preventive Detention

J&K High Court Quashes PSA Detention, Orders Release, Raps Srinagar DM

Allahabad High Court Upholds NSA Detention of Three Over Cattle Slaughter on Chaitra Navratri as Eid Coincided

Supreme Court Questions Grounds for Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA Detention

Supreme Court Urges Centre to Rethink Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA Detention on Health Grounds

PGR Opposes Release of Filipe Martins as STF Decision Nears

Supreme Court Quashes Telangana ‘Goonda Act’ Detention Used to Thwart Bail

Moraes Sends Martins’ Release Bid to Prosecutors as Defense Disputes LinkedIn Trigger

Moraes Keeps Domingos Brazão in Preventive Custody in Marielle Franco Case

Martins’ Defense Seeks PGR Review and Reversal of Jail Order Over LinkedIn Allegation

Madras High Court Raps Tamil Nadu Over ‘Mechanical’ Detention, Grants YouTuber Interim Bail

Mexico City Judge Orders Preventive Detention for Ex-Referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Karnataka High Court Upholds COFEPOSA Detention of Actress Ranya Rao, Rejects Habeas Petitions

Brazil's INSS Fraud Inquiry Approves 393 Measures, Requests Two Preventive Arrests

Brazil’s Supreme Court Orders Bolsonaro’s Preventive Arrest Over Alleged Tampering of Electronic Monitor