https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200380 Preventive detention requires a live and proximate connection between the alleged prejudicial activity and the detention order; unexplained and substantial delay between the detention proposal and the order can break that link and undermine subjective satisfaction. Where the grounds were based on criminal cases that had already ended in discharge, and the counter affidavit offered no satisfactory explanation for the months-long gap before the order was made, the detention was held invalid. The article thus highlights that stale material and unexplained delay are incompatible with a valid preventive detention decision. en-us Mon, 17 Mar 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:16:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200380 Preventive detention requires a live and proximate connection between the alleged prejudicial activity and the detention order; unexplained and substantial delay between the detention proposal and the order can break that link and undermine subjective satisfaction. Where the grounds were based on criminal cases that had already ended in discharge, and the counter affidavit offered no satisfactory explanation for the months-long gap before the order was made, the detention was held invalid. The article thus highlights that stale material and unexplained delay are incompatible with a valid preventive detention decision. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Mar 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200380