https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169387 Under section 8(1) of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971, the detenu's representation is to be received and considered by the appropriate Government, and the rejection need not be accompanied by reasons or a speaking order. Preventive detention may rest on a reasonable prognosis of future prejudicial conduct from past incidents, and the District Magistrate may act as the competent statutory authority where the order remains subject to State approval. Non-disclosure of unrelated antecedents does not vitiate detention unless such material actually influenced the subjective satisfaction, and the absence of a charge-sheet in connected criminal cases does not by itself establish mala fides or colourable exercise of power. en-us Tue, 21 Jan 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 18:07:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169387 Under section 8(1) of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971, the detenu's representation is to be received and considered by the appropriate Government, and the rejection need not be accompanied by reasons or a speaking order. Preventive detention may rest on a reasonable prognosis of future prejudicial conduct from past incidents, and the District Magistrate may act as the competent statutory authority where the order remains subject to State approval. Non-disclosure of unrelated antecedents does not vitiate detention unless such material actually influenced the subjective satisfaction, and the absence of a charge-sheet in connected criminal cases does not by itself establish mala fides or colourable exercise of power. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 21 Jan 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169387