https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182705 Delay in executing a preventive detention order does not by itself invalidate the detention, but the detaining authority must give a satisfactory, specific explanation of the steps taken to execute it. On the facts, the explanation was only general and vague, with no particulars of efforts made for several months after the order, and no material showing any effective attempt to secure detention or take ancillary steps before the Magistrate. The Court treated this unexplained delay as reflecting lack of seriousness in enforcing the preventive order and held the detention order unsustainable, quashing it and directing release forthwith if not required in any other case. en-us Tue, 04 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 18 May 2016 09:52:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182705 Delay in executing a preventive detention order does not by itself invalidate the detention, but the detaining authority must give a satisfactory, specific explanation of the steps taken to execute it. On the facts, the explanation was only general and vague, with no particulars of efforts made for several months after the order, and no material showing any effective attempt to secure detention or take ancillary steps before the Magistrate. The Court treated this unexplained delay as reflecting lack of seriousness in enforcing the preventive order and held the detention order unsustainable, quashing it and directing release forthwith if not required in any other case. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 04 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182705