https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299991 Preventive detention is sustainable only where the alleged acts affect public order by causing a wider community impact and disturbing the even tempo of life in the locality. Offences confined to specific individuals, even if serious, remain matters of law and order unless their reach and potentiality extend to the public at large. On the facts, the land-grabbing and cheating allegations did not cross that threshold, so the detention order was unsustainable and liable to be quashed. en-us Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:06:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299991 Preventive detention is sustainable only where the alleged acts affect public order by causing a wider community impact and disturbing the even tempo of life in the locality. Offences confined to specific individuals, even if serious, remain matters of law and order unless their reach and potentiality extend to the public at large. On the facts, the land-grabbing and cheating allegations did not cross that threshold, so the detention order was unsustainable and liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299991