Srinagar, April 30 -- "It is manifest on a plain reading of Article 22(5) of Constitution of India that it consists of two parts. While first part gives a right to a detenue to be furnished with grounds on which the order has been made as soon as may be, the second part provides a right to the detenue to be afforded earliest opportunity of making representation against the order of detention," a bench of Justice Rajesh Sekhri while quashing detention order (No.76/DMB/PSA/2022) dated 15 September 2022, passed by District Magistrate Baramulla against Tariq Ahmad Napa.

"It appears that the grounds of detention furnished to the detenue (Napa) in the present case are mere conclusions drawn by the detaining authority based on some material or ...