https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159526 Unexplained delay in issuing a preventive detention order can vitiate the order where the delay is not satisfactorily accounted for on the facts. The Court found that a substantial part of the delay remained unexplained and that the investigative record did not justify immediate detention. It also held that material documents, including prior exoneration-related records, defreezing and release papers, related civil court materials, and statements forming part of the detention grounds, had to be placed before the detaining authority and supplied to the detenu. Their non-placement and non-supply impaired the right to make an effective representation under Article 22(5), so the detention order could not stand. en-us Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159526 Unexplained delay in issuing a preventive detention order can vitiate the order where the delay is not satisfactorily accounted for on the facts. The Court found that a substantial part of the delay remained unexplained and that the investigative record did not justify immediate detention. It also held that material documents, including prior exoneration-related records, defreezing and release papers, related civil court materials, and statements forming part of the detention grounds, had to be placed before the detaining authority and supplied to the detenu. Their non-placement and non-supply impaired the right to make an effective representation under Article 22(5), so the detention order could not stand. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=159526