https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296810 Unexplained delay in passing a preventive detention order can break the live and proximate link between the prejudicial activity and the need for detention, making the detention illegal. The text also states that a representation against detention must be considered with promptitude; where the authorities fail to explain delay in obtaining and processing comments for disposal, the constitutional safeguard is violated. On the stated facts, the delay in issuing the order and the delay in disposing of the representation were both treated as fatal, and the detention order was quashed with direction for release if not otherwise required. en-us Tue, 14 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:46:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296810 Unexplained delay in passing a preventive detention order can break the live and proximate link between the prejudicial activity and the need for detention, making the detention illegal. The text also states that a representation against detention must be considered with promptitude; where the authorities fail to explain delay in obtaining and processing comments for disposal, the constitutional safeguard is violated. On the stated facts, the delay in issuing the order and the delay in disposing of the representation were both treated as fatal, and the detention order was quashed with direction for release if not otherwise required. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Jul 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296810