https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196855 Continued confinement of a detenu within the High Court's territorial limits can form part of the cause of action under Article 226, so a habeas corpus petition remains maintainable there. Preventive detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 is vulnerable where the detention order, grounds and supporting affidavit disclose shifting or inconsistent bases, showing non-application of mind. The constitutional requirement of effective communication under Article 22(5) is also not met if material relied on is not supplied in a language understood by the detenu, including Bengali where that is the language known to him. The detention was stated to be invalid on both grounds. en-us Fri, 08 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 16 Dec 2017 17:38:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196855 Continued confinement of a detenu within the High Court's territorial limits can form part of the cause of action under Article 226, so a habeas corpus petition remains maintainable there. Preventive detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 is vulnerable where the detention order, grounds and supporting affidavit disclose shifting or inconsistent bases, showing non-application of mind. The constitutional requirement of effective communication under Article 22(5) is also not met if material relied on is not supplied in a language understood by the detenu, including Bengali where that is the language known to him. The detention was stated to be invalid on both grounds. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196855