https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73993 Preventive detention may be vitiated where seized documents relied on by the detaining authority contain Gujarati entries and no translation is supplied to the detenu. If the authority understood those writings, that fact should be disclosed; if it did not, translated copies are necessary to ensure meaningful consideration and fairness. Where no return is filed in answer to the challenge, the factual assertion that the authority did not address the language issue may be accepted. On that basis, the detention order was held vitiated and was quashed. en-us Mon, 04 Jul 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73993 Preventive detention may be vitiated where seized documents relied on by the detaining authority contain Gujarati entries and no translation is supplied to the detenu. If the authority understood those writings, that fact should be disclosed; if it did not, translated copies are necessary to ensure meaningful consideration and fairness. Where no return is filed in answer to the challenge, the factual assertion that the authority did not address the language issue may be accepted. On that basis, the detention order was held vitiated and was quashed. Case-Laws FEMA Mon, 04 Jul 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=73993