https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162460 An unreasonable and unexplained delay in executing a preventive detention order vitiates the detention when the State cannot satisfactorily account for the delay, because preventive detention requires prompt execution to maintain the live and proximate link between the grounds and the object of detention. Here, the detenu was arrested about one year after the order, with substantial inactivity and no prompt or continuous effort shown by the authorities. The Court treated the delay as attributable to casual and indifferent conduct, which cast doubt on the genuineness of the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction and invalidated the detention order. en-us Fri, 20 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 11:50:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162460 An unreasonable and unexplained delay in executing a preventive detention order vitiates the detention when the State cannot satisfactorily account for the delay, because preventive detention requires prompt execution to maintain the live and proximate link between the grounds and the object of detention. Here, the detenu was arrested about one year after the order, with substantial inactivity and no prompt or continuous effort shown by the authorities. The Court treated the delay as attributable to casual and indifferent conduct, which cast doubt on the genuineness of the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction and invalidated the detention order. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 20 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162460