https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=380203 Preventive detention cannot be sustained where the alleged prejudicial conduct is remote in time and the live-link with the purpose of detention has broken. The HC applied the settled principle that detention depends on proximity between the act and the need for preventive action, and found that the long lapse since the alleged smuggling incident, the petitioner's exoneration in penalty proceedings, and the expiry of the passport showed no continuing practical purpose for detention. On those facts, the order had lost its utility and was quashed. en-us Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 16 May 2019 07:54:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=380203 Preventive detention cannot be sustained where the alleged prejudicial conduct is remote in time and the live-link with the purpose of detention has broken. The HC applied the settled principle that detention depends on proximity between the act and the need for preventive action, and found that the long lapse since the alleged smuggling incident, the petitioner's exoneration in penalty proceedings, and the expiry of the passport showed no continuing practical purpose for detention. On those facts, the order had lost its utility and was quashed. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=380203