Writ Jurisdiction U/A 226 may be exercised at pre-detention stage in case of potential threat to a person’s fundamental rights: Madras HC

In a recent, righteous and remarkable judgment titled D. Aswin Rao v. State & Ors. in W.P.No.1664 of 2021 and WMP No.1871 of 2021 delivered on February 4, 2021, the Madras High Court has recently held that Article 226 of the Constitution empowers the High Court to exercise its writ jurisdiction even at a pre-detention…