https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297922 Detention under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act was challenged on the ground that the authority lacked jurisdiction to treat the petitioner as absconding and that no proper inquiry was made before that finding. The Court noted that the record and affidavit showed the petitioner had evaded arrest despite repeated police s, and that the competent authority acted on material leading to subjective satisfaction that he was a bootlegger whose activities were prejudicial to public order. On that basis, the Court found no want of jurisdiction and no ground for interference under Article 226; the detention order was upheld. en-us Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297922 Detention under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act was challenged on the ground that the authority lacked jurisdiction to treat the petitioner as absconding and that no proper inquiry was made before that finding. The Court noted that the record and affidavit showed the petitioner had evaded arrest despite repeated police s, and that the competent authority acted on material leading to subjective satisfaction that he was a bootlegger whose activities were prejudicial to public order. On that basis, the Court found no want of jurisdiction and no ground for interference under Article 226; the detention order was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297922