https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169418 Preventive detention under section 3(1)(a) of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 requires a present basis for detention, founded on relevant and germane material showing necessity to prevent future prejudicial conduct. The provision ordinarily presupposes freedom of action; where the person is already in jail custody, an order is valid only if the facts show a proximate and rational connection between past conduct and the need for detention after likely release. On the stated facts, the detainee was already in custody when the order was served, and the statutory basis for preventive detention was absent, so the detention was quashed. en-us Wed, 11 Sep 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:50:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169418 Preventive detention under section 3(1)(a) of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 requires a present basis for detention, founded on relevant and germane material showing necessity to prevent future prejudicial conduct. The provision ordinarily presupposes freedom of action; where the person is already in jail custody, an order is valid only if the facts show a proximate and rational connection between past conduct and the need for detention after likely release. On the stated facts, the detainee was already in custody when the order was served, and the statutory basis for preventive detention was absent, so the detention was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Sep 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169418