https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=83657 Where a detenu is expressly entitled to represent to the State and Central Governments and entrusts that representation to jail authorities for immediate transmission, unexplained and avoidable delay by the intermediary authority in forwarding it to the Central Government infringes the constitutional right to an effective and expeditious representation under Article 22(5). The delay here was caused by the jail authority's failure to despatch the representation promptly, not by any lapse in consideration after receipt by the Central Government, and that delay vitiated the continued detention. en-us Tue, 08 Nov 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:10:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=83657 Where a detenu is expressly entitled to represent to the State and Central Governments and entrusts that representation to jail authorities for immediate transmission, unexplained and avoidable delay by the intermediary authority in forwarding it to the Central Government infringes the constitutional right to an effective and expeditious representation under Article 22(5). The delay here was caused by the jail authority's failure to despatch the representation promptly, not by any lapse in consideration after receipt by the Central Government, and that delay vitiated the continued detention. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 08 Nov 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=83657