"The Constitution of India is a living instrument with capabilities of enormous dynamism. It is a constitution made for a progressive society." Illustrate with special reference to the expanding horizons of the right to life and personal liberty.

Gives the latest instance of the Supreme Court turning Articles 21 and 22 into enforceable remedies, widening personal liberty.

• In Jaskaran Jeet Singh Deol v. State of Punjab (21 September 2026), the Court held that a person not given written grounds of arrest must be released immediately, not 'enlarged on bail'.
• The Court called Article 22(1) 'sacrosanct' for all offences, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and special anti-terror and money-laundering laws alike, regardless of gravity or proof of prejudice.
• It builds on Pankaj Bansal (2023, PMLA), Prabir Purkayastha (2024, UAPA) and Vihaan Kumar (2025), and on Maneka Gandhi (1978): procedure must be just, fair and reasonable.

Use the ruling as the latest example of courts expanding personal liberty by scrutinising preventive detention, tracing the arc from Gopalan to Maneka Gandhi to recent cases.

• On 29 September 2026 Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu held a custodial confession cannot be the sole ground for NSA detention, quashed Mulla Afroz's detention and imposed ₹10 lakh costs on Uttar Pradesh.
• A.K. Gopalan (1950) read Article 21 narrowly; Maneka Gandhi (1978) required procedure to be fair, just and reasonable; Rekha v. State of Tamil Nadu (2011) held detention cannot replace ordinary criminal law.
• Banka Sneha Sheela (2021) held a law and order problem is not a public order threat; critics say detention orders passed after bail turn a preventive power punitive.