https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=107969 Preventive detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act requires the detaining authority to independently apply its mind and form its own satisfaction, consistent with the constitutional safeguards under Article 22. Where the record shows that sponsoring prepared the draft grounds and draft detention order and the detaining authority merely approved them, the approval is not a substitute for independent consideration. On the facts recorded, the required independent satisfaction was absent, so the detention order was held vitiated for non-application of mind and quashed. en-us Mon, 14 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:15:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=107969 Preventive detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act requires the detaining authority to independently apply its mind and form its own satisfaction, consistent with the constitutional safeguards under Article 22. Where the record shows that sponsoring prepared the draft grounds and draft detention order and the detaining authority merely approved them, the approval is not a substitute for independent consideration. On the facts recorded, the required independent satisfaction was absent, so the detention order was held vitiated for non-application of mind and quashed. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 14 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=107969