The Supreme Court today(November 10) refused to entertain a writ petition filed by the Punjab MP Amritpal Singh challenging his third detention under the National Security Act, 1980. The Court gave given liberty to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court and requested it to dispose of the matter preferably within 6 weeks.

Before a bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria, Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves mentioned Singh's plea. At the outset, Justice Kumar asked him to go before the High Court.

Gonsalves submitted that Singh has been in detention for the last 2 and a half years, and the entire detention is based on one FIR in which a chargesheet has already been filed. He stated that the bench had recently entertained another detention petition filed by Ladakh

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