https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156467 Preventive detention under the National Security Act cannot rest on incidents that remain within the sphere of law and order unless the material shows a rational nexus with public order; attacks on buses and allied conduct were treated as non-cognizable offences addressable under ordinary criminal law and were insufficient on their own to justify detention. The detention was also vitiated because the detaining authority failed to consider a telegram asserting earlier custody, which was relevant to the petitioner's alleged presence at the third incident and to the satisfaction underlying the order. Ignoring such material amounted to non-application of mind and the detention order could not stand. en-us Fri, 25 Nov 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156467 Preventive detention under the National Security Act cannot rest on incidents that remain within the sphere of law and order unless the material shows a rational nexus with public order; attacks on buses and allied conduct were treated as non-cognizable offences addressable under ordinary criminal law and were insufficient on their own to justify detention. The detention was also vitiated because the detaining authority failed to consider a telegram asserting earlier custody, which was relevant to the petitioner's alleged presence at the third incident and to the satisfaction underlying the order. Ignoring such material amounted to non-application of mind and the detention order could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 25 Nov 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156467