https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169328 Unexplained and prima facie unreasonable delay in making and executing a preventive detention order can invalidate the order by showing absence of genuine subjective satisfaction. Where the detention is based on incidents several months earlier and the arrest is also delayed, the detaining authority or State must provide a satisfactory explanation in answer to a habeas corpus challenge. In the absence of any explanation for either stage of delay, the condition precedent for detention is not met and the order is liable to be quashed. en-us Mon, 09 Sep 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:38:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169328 Unexplained and prima facie unreasonable delay in making and executing a preventive detention order can invalidate the order by showing absence of genuine subjective satisfaction. Where the detention is based on incidents several months earlier and the arrest is also delayed, the detaining authority or State must provide a satisfactory explanation in answer to a habeas corpus challenge. In the absence of any explanation for either stage of delay, the condition precedent for detention is not met and the order is liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 09 Sep 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169328