The petitioner, father of the detenu Phanjoubam Rabi Meitei @ Luwangamba, filed a habeas corpus writ petition before the Manipur High Court challenging a preventive detention order made under the National Security Act, 1980 by the District Magistrate, Imphal East, along with the State of Manipur's approval and confirmation orders. The petitioner raised two key grounds: first, that the detenu (who had studied only up to Class II and was not conversant with English) was not furnished translated copies of the 11 documents referred to in the grounds of detention in Manipuri Meitei Mayek script, thereby violating Article 22(5) of the Constitution; second, that the grounds of detention imposed a three-week cap on making representations, but translated copies of even the detention order and grounds (without the documents) were furnished only after that deadline had elapsed, preventing the detenu from making an effective representation. The High Court found that no translated copies of any of the 11 documents adverted to in the grounds of detention were furnished to the detenu, and that this constituted an infraction of the constitutionally protected right under Article 22(5). The judgment text provided ends before the final operative order is stated, but the court's reasoning strongly indicates it was proceeding to quash the impugned orders.