*When freedom is at stake, the highest court speaks firmly.* When freedom is at stake, the highest court speaks firmly. The Supreme Court has struck down a Kerala preventive detention order in the Dhanya M case, calling preventive detention a “draconian measure” that “must be used sparingly.” The court emphasized that such detention should never become a tool for suppressing dissent or curtailing freedom. https://www.bharatlaw.ai/post/preventive-detention-is-a-draconian-measure-supreme-court-quashes-kerala-detention-order-in-dhanya