https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404423 A preventive detention order may be challenged at the pre-execution stage only on limited, exceptional grounds. Delay in issuing or executing the order is not by itself fatal if it is satisfactorily explained, and the proximity test is not rigid or mechanical; the Court must assess whether the live-link between the prejudicial activity and the detention purpose has been broken. On the facts noted, the delay was explained by further investigation, forensic examination of a mobile phone, non-cooperation by the proposed detenu, and disruptions during the pandemic. The detention order was therefore not liable to be quashed. en-us Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:59:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404423 A preventive detention order may be challenged at the pre-execution stage only on limited, exceptional grounds. Delay in issuing or executing the order is not by itself fatal if it is satisfactorily explained, and the proximity test is not rigid or mechanical; the Court must assess whether the live-link between the prejudicial activity and the detention purpose has been broken. On the facts noted, the delay was explained by further investigation, forensic examination of a mobile phone, non-cooperation by the proposed detenu, and disruptions during the pandemic. The detention order was therefore not liable to be quashed. Case-Laws FEMA Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404423