https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191330 Article notes that preventive detention safeguards under Article 22(5) require the grounds of detention and all relied-upon material to be supplied in a language understood by the detenue so an effective representation can be made. It distinguishes merely referred documents from documents relied upon to reach subjective satisfaction; for relied-upon material, failure to furnish an intelligible copy or translation itself denies the right of representation, and separate proof of prejudice is not required. Applying that principle, the relied-upon remand order was not supplied in Tamil despite a specific request, so the detention was held illegal. A concurring dissent took the view that Tamil explanations were sufficient and no prejudice was shown. en-us Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:12:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191330 Article notes that preventive detention safeguards under Article 22(5) require the grounds of detention and all relied-upon material to be supplied in a language understood by the detenue so an effective representation can be made. It distinguishes merely referred documents from documents relied upon to reach subjective satisfaction; for relied-upon material, failure to furnish an intelligible copy or translation itself denies the right of representation, and separate proof of prejudice is not required. Applying that principle, the relied-upon remand order was not supplied in Tamil despite a specific request, so the detention was held illegal. A concurring dissent took the view that Tamil explanations were sufficient and no prejudice was shown. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=191330