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Q: The Preventive Detention Act curtailed
  • A. Right to Freedom
  • B. Right to Equality
  • C. Right to Property
  • D. Educational Rights
Correct Answer: Option A - The Preventive Detention Act was enacted in 1950 to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and matters. It empowered the government to imprison a person in jail or put him to custody either for committing a crime or in the apprehensions of committing a crime in future. It curtailed right to freedom contained in Articles 19,20,21,21A and 22 clause (4) to (7) of the Article 22 which contains safeguards relating to preventive detention matter.
A. The Preventive Detention Act was enacted in 1950 to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and matters. It empowered the government to imprison a person in jail or put him to custody either for committing a crime or in the apprehensions of committing a crime in future. It curtailed right to freedom contained in Articles 19,20,21,21A and 22 clause (4) to (7) of the Article 22 which contains safeguards relating to preventive detention matter.

Explanations:

The Preventive Detention Act was enacted in 1950 to provide for preventive detention in certain cases and matters. It empowered the government to imprison a person in jail or put him to custody either for committing a crime or in the apprehensions of committing a crime in future. It curtailed right to freedom contained in Articles 19,20,21,21A and 22 clause (4) to (7) of the Article 22 which contains safeguards relating to preventive detention matter.