Teo Soh Lung v Minister for Home Affairs is the name of two cases of the Singapore courts, a High Court decision delivered in 1989 and the 1990 judgment in the appeal from that decision to the Court o
The Old Supreme Court Building, photographed in April 2007
Teo stood as a candidate for the Singapore Democratic Party in the 2011 general election. She is pictured here at a rally in Clementi on 28 April 2011.
The Old Supreme Court Building, photographed in January 2006, where Teo Soh Lung's application for habeas corpus was heard by the High Court
The Supreme Court of India photographed in May 2007. Counsel for Teo relied on a number of the Supreme Court's decisions to argue that Parliament could not amend the Constitution if the amendments violated the Constitution's basic structure.
The Internal Security Act 1960 of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organised violence against persons and property,
Teo Soh Lung v Minister for Home Affairs
…the Court of Appeal. The cases were concerned with the constitutionality of amendments made to the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore and the Internal Security Act ("ISA") in 1989. The latter statute authorizes detention without trial on security grounds. These amendments had the effect of changing the law on…
Old Parliament House 4, Singapore, Jan 06
Home affairs minister Teo Chee Hean (pictured) justified the ISA in Parliament in 2011
Timeline of legal developments concerning the exercise of discretion under the ISA
The courtroom of the Court of Appeal in the Old Supreme Court Building