With reference to the Supreme Court judgment in Annu @ Aniket v. Union of India (2025) and preventive detention laws, consider the following statements: 1. A preventive detention order under the National Security Act can be extended repeatedly without providing fresh grounds if the initial offense threatened public order. 2. A representation made by a detainee against an NSA detention order must be independently considered by the State Government rather than the detaining officer. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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2 only — Statement 1 is incorrect because the Supreme Court ruled that each extension of preventive detention requires fresh grounds and assessment. Statement 2 is correct as the Court flagged the District Magistrate deciding the representation himself as a serious procedural lapse.

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