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Issues: (i) Whether the detention order was invalid for non-application of mind because it did not disclose awareness that the detenu was already in custody. (ii) Whether unexplained delay in dealing with the detenu's representation violated the statutory and constitutional mandate to afford the earliest opportunity of making a representation.
Issue (i): Whether the detention order was invalid for non-application of mind because it did not disclose awareness that the detenu was already in custody.
Analysis: Preventive detention is meant to prevent future prejudicial conduct, but when the person is already confined in jail, the detaining authority must show awareness of that fact and explain why detention is still necessary. The order did not indicate such awareness, and the materials did not show that the authority considered the existing custody while forming satisfaction under the Act.
Conclusion: The detention order suffered from non-application of mind, though this ground was not made the sole basis of disposal.
Issue (ii): Whether unexplained delay in dealing with the detenu's representation violated the statutory and constitutional mandate to afford the earliest opportunity of making a representation.
Analysis: The statutory guarantee under Section 13(1) of the Act, read with Article 22(5) of the Constitution of India, requires not only that the detenu be enabled to make a representation, but also that the representation be considered with expedition. The representation was made on 29 July 1981, yet it was received in the Government office on 12 August 1981 and disposed of only on 31 August 1981, with no convincing explanation for the delay. Such inordinate and unexplained delay defeated the statutory safeguard.
Conclusion: The delay violated the mandate of the Act and Article 22(5), rendering the detention order invalid.
Final Conclusion: The detention order was quashed because the statutory safeguard governing preventive detention was not complied with, and the detenu was entitled to relief.
Ratio Decidendi: In preventive detention matters, the detaining authority must show awareness of existing custody where relevant, and any representation against detention must be considered with promptitude; unexplained delay or lack of such awareness invalidates the detention.
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