https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169337 Article 22(5) requires a detenu's representation to be considered and disposed of as expeditiously as possible, and any delay must be satisfactorily explained by permissible reasons or unavoidable causes. The Supreme Court found the delay up to 9.2.1998 explained, but no adequate explanation for the further delay from 9.2.1998 to 14.2.1998 while the matter remained before the Minister. Absence of the Minister from headquarters or on tour was held insufficient where personal liberty was at stake, so the unexplained delay vitiated the preventive detention and the detention order could not be sustained. en-us Mon, 14 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 May 2015 14:29:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169337 Article 22(5) requires a detenu's representation to be considered and disposed of as expeditiously as possible, and any delay must be satisfactorily explained by permissible reasons or unavoidable causes. The Supreme Court found the delay up to 9.2.1998 explained, but no adequate explanation for the further delay from 9.2.1998 to 14.2.1998 while the matter remained before the Minister. Absence of the Minister from headquarters or on tour was held insufficient where personal liberty was at stake, so the unexplained delay vitiated the preventive detention and the detention order could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 14 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169337