https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296809 An inordinate and unexplained delay in issuing a preventive detention order can vitiate the order where no fresh material shows continuing prejudicial activity. Here, the detention order was made months after the incident and after release on bail, but the detaining authority relied on substantially the same material available earlier and identified no intervening conduct to maintain the live nexus required for preventive detention. On that basis, the order was treated as mechanical and lacking proper application of mind, and was liable to be quashed. en-us Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:37:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296809 An inordinate and unexplained delay in issuing a preventive detention order can vitiate the order where no fresh material shows continuing prejudicial activity. Here, the detention order was made months after the incident and after release on bail, but the detaining authority relied on substantially the same material available earlier and identified no intervening conduct to maintain the live nexus required for preventive detention. On that basis, the order was treated as mechanical and lacking proper application of mind, and was liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296809