https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165326 Unexplained and unreasonable delay in passing a preventive detention order under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Preservation of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 vitiates the detention. The petitioners challenged the order under Article 32, arguing that the authority waited about 11 months and 15 days after the alleged smuggling incident without a satisfactory explanation for not acting earlier. The Court found the delay unexplained, rejected the claim of immediate necessity for detention as not genuine, and held that such delay breaks the justification for continued preventive detention. The detention order was therefore quashed. en-us Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:22:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165326 Unexplained and unreasonable delay in passing a preventive detention order under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Preservation of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 vitiates the detention. The petitioners challenged the order under Article 32, arguing that the authority waited about 11 months and 15 days after the alleged smuggling incident without a satisfactory explanation for not acting earlier. The Court found the delay unexplained, rejected the claim of immediate necessity for detention as not genuine, and held that such delay breaks the justification for continued preventive detention. The detention order was therefore quashed. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165326