SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES SCOPE OF U.P. GANGSTERS ACT: SINGLE INCIDENT OF COMMUNAL VIOLENCE NOT SUFFICIENT TO INVOKE DRACONIAN STATUTE

INTRODUCTION In a significant Judgment aimed at curbing the overreach of preventive detention laws, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Lal Mohd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors. [SLP (Criminal) No. 6607 of 2023,…