Munagala Yadamma vs State Of A.P. & Ors

The Supreme Court held that preventive detention under the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Act, 1995, is not warranted when the alleged offences can be adequately addressed under ordinary criminal law, as established in Rekha Vs. State of Tamil Nadu, 2011(5) SCC 244. The Court emphasized that Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution guarantee personal liberty, and preventive detention should only be invoked with sufficient grounds. The Court ruled that the detaining authority's order was illegal and upheld the principle that ordinary law suffices to handle the alleged offences.