https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74601 Unexplained delay in transmitting and considering a detenu's representation violates Article 22(5) because the constitutional right to make a representation against preventive detention requires expeditious and reasonably prompt consideration. A jail authority, even as a mere communicating channel, must forward the representation without avoidable delay; here, the representation was retained for several days without satisfactory explanation, causing delay before it reached the Government. That unexplained slackness and indifference defeated the constitutional mandate of prompt consideration, and the detention order was held invalid. en-us Tue, 04 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74601 Unexplained delay in transmitting and considering a detenu's representation violates Article 22(5) because the constitutional right to make a representation against preventive detention requires expeditious and reasonably prompt consideration. A jail authority, even as a mere communicating channel, must forward the representation without avoidable delay; here, the representation was retained for several days without satisfactory explanation, causing delay before it reached the Government. That unexplained slackness and indifference defeated the constitutional mandate of prompt consideration, and the detention order was held invalid. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 04 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74601