https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190172 A preventive detention order based on a solitary seizure was quashed because it was executed after an undue and unexplained delay. The record did not show serious or genuine efforts to secure the detenu, and his intervening appearance before customs authorities weakened the claim that he was evading arrest. The Court found that the long lapse broke the live and proximate link between the grounds of detention and the preventive purpose, rendering the detention unsustainable. en-us Fri, 28 Feb 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:54:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190172 A preventive detention order based on a solitary seizure was quashed because it was executed after an undue and unexplained delay. The record did not show serious or genuine efforts to secure the detenu, and his intervening appearance before customs authorities weakened the claim that he was evading arrest. The Court found that the long lapse broke the live and proximate link between the grounds of detention and the preventive purpose, rendering the detention unsustainable. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 28 Feb 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190172