https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169390 Unexplained delay in disposing of a detenu's representation under Article 22(5) breaches the constitutional requirement of prompt consideration and independent decision-making, even apart from the Advisory Board process. Where the Government received the representation but rejected it only after about one month and five days without adequate explanation for the delay, the safeguard was held to be violated. That breach vitiated the preventive detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, and the detention order was quashed. en-us Wed, 30 Jan 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 18:21:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169390 Unexplained delay in disposing of a detenu's representation under Article 22(5) breaches the constitutional requirement of prompt consideration and independent decision-making, even apart from the Advisory Board process. Where the Government received the representation but rejected it only after about one month and five days without adequate explanation for the delay, the safeguard was held to be violated. That breach vitiated the preventive detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, and the detention order was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Jan 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169390