UPSC | Prelims GS | 2026

Preventive detention under the Public Safety Act, as discussed in the report, must be tested against which constitutional value most directly?

  1. Personal liberty
  2. Collective bargaining
  3. Freedom of trade only
  4. Property taxation

Answer

Correct Answer

Personal liberty

Explanation

Personal liberty is the direct constitutional value at stake in preventive detention. Collective bargaining, taxation and trade regulation do not address the judicial concern that exceptional detention power requires strict constitutional safeguards.

Topics: fundamental rights, personal liberty and due process, polity, preventive detention