Srinagar, April 2 -- ".vagueness of grounds of detention strikes at the root of the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority thereby vitiating the order of detention," a bench Justice Sanjay Dhar said while quashing detention order under PSA passed by District Magistrate Pulwama against one Umer Kabir Mir on 12 May 2023.

Justice Dhar referred to a judgment pronounced last year by the court's division bench that "vague and nonspecific grounds of detention firstly, violates the fundamental right to life and personal liberty of the detainee under Article 21 of the constitution as it summarily curtails the liberty of the citizen based on the subjective satisfaction of the executive which is an exceptional power as against the gener...