Detention order passed without application of mind is liable to be vitiated

Gopal Gupta Vs Union of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) The petitioners herein have produced certified copies of the detention orders dated 17.05.2019 passed in the case of Union of India & Anr. vs. Dimple Happy Dhakad, reported as (2019) 20 SCC 609 (filed by the detenu’s wife) from the records available in the Supreme Court of India. A purposive comparative consideration of the grounds of detention dated 17.05.2019 in Dimple Happy Dhakad (supra), also passed by Sh. R.P. Singh, the Detaining Authority in these proceedings; and the impugned detention orders, gives substance to the inf...