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- The Supreme Court has directed the release of Manipur-based activist Erendra Leichongbom.
- He was detained under the NSA for his social media posts.
- The court said his continued detention would be a violation of his fundamental right to life and the due process of law.
- The court also expressed concern because the government was using preventive detention in cases where even ordinary penal sections did not apply.
- The NSA is a preventive detention law.
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