https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171468 Pre-execution detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was treated as unenforceable where the alleged trade in the specified psychotropic substances had already been held, in identical co-accused matters, not to amount to illicit traffic. The Court applied the principle that a clearly illegal detention order need not be allowed to operate merely because execution has not begun, and accepted the pre-execution challenge as maintainable on that basis. The detention orders were quashed and given no effect. en-us Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:12:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171468 Pre-execution detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was treated as unenforceable where the alleged trade in the specified psychotropic substances had already been held, in identical co-accused matters, not to amount to illicit traffic. The Court applied the principle that a clearly illegal detention order need not be allowed to operate merely because execution has not begun, and accepted the pre-execution challenge as maintainable on that basis. The detention orders were quashed and given no effect. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171468