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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- An Advisory Board is a constitutional body of judges that reviews whether sufficient cause exists to detain a person beyond three months under a preventive detention law.
- Within what timeframe must a detention be referred to the Advisory Board under the NSA?
- Can a detenu be represented by a lawyer before the Advisory Board?
- What happens if the Advisory Board reports there is no sufficient cause for detention?
- How does Advisory Board review differ from a High Court writ petition?

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In 2021 the Telangana Advisory Board, headed by a sitting High Court judge, reviewed detentions under the state's preventive detention act after the Supreme Court in Banka Sneha Sheela v. State of Telangana quashed an order for conflating law and order with public order.

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