https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172364 Unexplained and inordinate delay in passing a preventive detention order after completion of investigation, issuance of show-cause notice, and filing of the criminal complaint can vitiate the detention. Where the record shows the proposal remained unattended for a substantial period and no satisfactory explanation is given for the gap, the detaining authority fails to act with the urgency required in preventive detention matters. The resulting break in the live and proximate nexus between the alleged prejudicial activity and the need for detention renders the order liable to be quashed. en-us Sat, 06 Apr 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:21:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172364 Unexplained and inordinate delay in passing a preventive detention order after completion of investigation, issuance of show-cause notice, and filing of the criminal complaint can vitiate the detention. Where the record shows the proposal remained unattended for a substantial period and no satisfactory explanation is given for the gap, the detaining authority fails to act with the urgency required in preventive detention matters. The resulting break in the live and proximate nexus between the alleged prejudicial activity and the need for detention renders the order liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Customs Sat, 06 Apr 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172364