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Center Owned by Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)24-hour rule begins with detention, not arrest: SC
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The Supreme Court ruled that the constitutional 24‑hour deadline for producing an arrested person before a magistrate begins at the moment of detention – when a police officer touches the body to restrain liberty – rather than at the formal arrest. A bench comprising Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S Chandurkar held that the right to life and liberty cannot be curtailed even by special statutes such as the UAPA, PMLA or NDPS. The judgment clarifies that no artificial distinction can be made between detention and arrest.
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New Delhi: In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the 24-hour constitutional deadline for producing an arrested person before a magistrate begins from the moment of detention, not from the time the police formally make the arrest. Holding that there can be no artificial…
