https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299982 A preventive detention order was not invalid merely because it omitted the detention period, since the statute did not require the authority to specify it and the scheme separately provided safeguards, review and a maximum detention limit. However, a solitary assault at a public seminar was treated as a law and order matter rather than a public order issue, because there was no material showing wider disruption of community life or public tranquillity. The detention was also undermined by non-application of mind, as the authority relied on the police version despite being present at the seminar. The order was therefore unsustainable and quashed. en-us Wed, 07 Mar 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:08:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299982 A preventive detention order was not invalid merely because it omitted the detention period, since the statute did not require the authority to specify it and the scheme separately provided safeguards, review and a maximum detention limit. However, a solitary assault at a public seminar was treated as a law and order matter rather than a public order issue, because there was no material showing wider disruption of community life or public tranquillity. The detention was also undermined by non-application of mind, as the authority relied on the police version despite being present at the seminar. The order was therefore unsustainable and quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Mar 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299982