Panjim: Indigenous rights activist Pranab Doley’s detention under the National Security Act (NSA) was today quashed by the Gauhati high court. Doley has spent 117 days in jail.Doley’s lawyer, Dipesh Agarwala, told The Wire that the court set aside the detention order on several grounds, including the absence of a proximate link between old criminal cases cited against him and his detention, failure to disclose all relevant documents to him, and the authorities’ failure to consider his second representation against the detention.“There is no proximate link. All these cases are very old, so they don’t have any proximate link with the detention of Pranab,” Agarwala said.He added that Doley was expected to be released by November 7 or 8. The written judgment is expected to be uploaded later today.The high court’s decision came after it reserved its judgment on Doley’s challenge to the detention on October 14.Saurav Patgiri, a close friend of Doley who has known him for more than a decade, met him this afternoon and informed him of the High Court’s decision. Patgiri told The Wire that Doley appeared relaxed and was looking forward to completing the formalities for his release. He said Doley was also keen to catch up on developments on the ground after his release.Bailed, then locked up under NSADoley, convenor of the Greater Kaziranga Land and Human Rights Protection Committee (GKLHRPC), was arrested on July 12 along with four others in connection with protests against proposed luxury hotel projects near Kaziranga National Park in Assam.On July 29, the Golaghat sessions court granted him bail, mentioning that the police evidence did not substantiate several allegations against him. However, instead of being released the next day, Doley was detained under the NSA by the Assam government.Agarwala had previously told The Wire that the detention order cited 13 criminal cases registered against Doley since 2017, in 11 of which he had either been acquitted or discharged.The protests against the hotel projects, involving proposed investments by companies linked to the Saraf Group and Tata Group, have been led by indigenous communities concerned about threats to their land rights and livelihoods.More than 60 rights groups, trade unions and civil society organisations had demanded the revocation of Doley’s detention while 26 indigenous communities in Kenya also joined calls for his release.