Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986

The Supreme Court examined the validity of a preventive detention order issued under the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986 against several individuals described as "goondas". The High Court had quashed the order on the grounds that the cited incidents were stale, did not affect public order, a…

The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, detained Chinnaboina Shankar under Section 3(2) of the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, citing his status as a history‑sheeter with over 30 cases and two specific incidents that created terror among the public. His wife, Smt. C. Anita, filed a writ petition c…

The State Government detained Smt. Shaik Hasmath Beebi under Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986, and the detention was confirmed by an advisory board. The detenu applied for temporary release under Section 15 of the same Act on 27 April 2000; the application was received on 2 M…

Lahu Shrirang Gatkal, a constable, was detained on 10 October 2016 under Section 3(1) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981, by the Commissioner of Police, but the order failed to specify the period of detention. He challenged the order, and the High Court dismissed his writ petition. The Supr…

S.M.D. Kiran Pasha, a municipal councillor, was detained under the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986, after alleging political vendetta. He filed a writ petition under Article 226 challenging the detention, but the High Court dismissed it, insisting he first surrender and seek habeas corpus. T…

The petitioner, Cherukuri Mani, filed a habeas corpus petition challenging the preventive detention of her husband under the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986. The Collector initially ordered detention and the State Government subsequently issued a single order extending the detention to twelv…