Supreme Court of India

Mortuza Hussain Choudhury v. The State of Nagaland

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Bench Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 5 March 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Gauhati High Court erred in the 21 application of settled legal norms while testing the validity of the impugned detention orders.

Judgment, page 21

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