https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=81101 An unexplained substantial delay in serving and executing a preventive detention order can break the live and proximate link required for preventive detention. Here, the order was made on 31 August 1989 but served only on 29 January 1990, and the claim that the detenu was absconding was rejected because no material showed continuous efforts to serve the order. The record also indicated that the authorities were still seeking bail extension before the Magistrate during the intervening period, showing the detenu was not beyond reach. The detention order was therefore held unsustainable and was set aside. en-us Tue, 03 Apr 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=81101 An unexplained substantial delay in serving and executing a preventive detention order can break the live and proximate link required for preventive detention. Here, the order was made on 31 August 1989 but served only on 29 January 1990, and the claim that the detenu was absconding was rejected because no material showed continuous efforts to serve the order. The record also indicated that the authorities were still seeking bail extension before the Magistrate during the intervening period, showing the detenu was not beyond reach. The detention order was therefore held unsustainable and was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 Apr 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=81101