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UPSCPDF Editorial Analysis: Allahabad HC
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Allahabad HC's Crackdown on Detention Misuse — Article 21 & 22 Safeguards, the Public Order Doctrine, NSA 1980, BNSS Provisions & State Accountability for Wrongful Custody In Chander Pal Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P. (Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 214 of 2026), pronounced on 8 June 2026, the Allahabad High Court framed a strict set of guidelines to curb the routine misuse of preventive detention powers under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). A Division Bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi awarded ₹75,000 in compensation to a specially-abled advocate who was jailed for three days over a petty neighbour's dispute about a gate, and held that ₹25,000 per day must be paid for any unlawful detention beyond 24 hours. Crucially, the Court imposed personal accountability on the executive: the compensation is to be recovered from the salaries of the erring magistrates and police officers after disciplinary proceedings. The Bench condemned a
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