https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299989 Detention under preventive law requires grounds showing prejudice to public order, not merely law and order. Where the allegations concerned killings of named individuals in public places, the controlling test was whether their nature, scale and context had the reach to disturb the even tempo of community life. On the facts stated, the incidents were directed against specific persons and did not show an intent or effect of creating widespread terror in the locality. The mere carrying of weapons, without more, was insufficient to transform the conduct into one affecting public order. The detention was therefore not supported by valid public-order grounds and was illegal. en-us Wed, 01 Nov 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:52:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299989 Detention under preventive law requires grounds showing prejudice to public order, not merely law and order. Where the allegations concerned killings of named individuals in public places, the controlling test was whether their nature, scale and context had the reach to disturb the even tempo of community life. On the facts stated, the incidents were directed against specific persons and did not show an intent or effect of creating widespread terror in the locality. The mere carrying of weapons, without more, was insufficient to transform the conduct into one affecting public order. The detention was therefore not supported by valid public-order grounds and was illegal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Nov 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299989