The Supreme Court on Tuesday said detention cannot be forever and asked the Centre whether former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's detention be extended beyond a year.

The remarks were made by a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul during the hearing of Iltija Mufti's plea challenging her mother's and People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader's detention order under Public Safety Act (PSA) and its subsequent extensions.