https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169330 Preventive detention is not vitiated merely because time elapsed between the detenu's apprehension and the detention order if the delay is shown to result from bona fide, multi-level consideration and the detaining authority has applied its mind to the continuing need for detention. On the file record, the matter had been examined at several levels and the authority considered the passage of time before acting. The lapse was therefore treated as explained and not as evidence of laxity or inaction, and the detention order was upheld as lawful. en-us Wed, 05 May 1982 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:55:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169330 Preventive detention is not vitiated merely because time elapsed between the detenu's apprehension and the detention order if the delay is shown to result from bona fide, multi-level consideration and the detaining authority has applied its mind to the continuing need for detention. On the file record, the matter had been examined at several levels and the authority considered the passage of time before acting. The lapse was therefore treated as explained and not as evidence of laxity or inaction, and the detention order was upheld as lawful. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 May 1982 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169330