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The Supreme Court on 29 September 2026 set aside a preventive detention order passed under the National Security Act, 1980, holding that a confession made before a police officer cannot, on its own and without independent supporting material, form the basis of the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held that since the confessional statement was the sole basis for the detention order, it was unsustainable in law. The ruling, made public on 1 October, reinforces that preventive detention, though it bypasses ordinary criminal trial safeguards, still requires the detaining authority to rely on material beyond an uncorroborated police confession.