STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH vs ZAVAD ZAMA KHAN

The Supreme Court held that the failure of the Central Government to consider a detenu's representation for revocation of detention under Section 14 of the National Security Act, 1980, constitutes a violation of the constitutional safeguard provided under Article 22(5). The Court clarified that representations made to both the detaining authority and the Central Government must be dealt with separately to avoid jurisdictional conflicts. The Court allowed the appeal, overturning the High Court's decision that had deemed the continued detention illegal.