Preventive Detention Order Invalid If Detaining Authority Fails To Satisfy ‘Triple Test’ For Person In Custody: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh, led by a Division Bench comprising Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi, has quashed a preventive detention order after ruling that the detaining authority failed to record satisfaction on the mandatory “triple test” required when passing a detention order against a person already in judicial custody. [...]