https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457131 Preventive detention under the Telangana Preventive Detention Act requires material showing a genuine public order threat; ordinary criminal acts fall outside that exceptional power. On the facts, the alleged chain-snatching and robbery-related conduct, coupled with release on default bail, was held to disclose at most law and order concerns. The Court applied the law and order/public order distinction and found the threshold for preventive detention was not crossed. The detention order was therefore unjustified and liable to be set aside, with ordinary remedies such as cancellation of bail remaining the proper course. en-us Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:52:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457131 Preventive detention under the Telangana Preventive Detention Act requires material showing a genuine public order threat; ordinary criminal acts fall outside that exceptional power. On the facts, the alleged chain-snatching and robbery-related conduct, coupled with release on default bail, was held to disclose at most law and order concerns. The Court applied the law and order/public order distinction and found the threshold for preventive detention was not crossed. The detention order was therefore unjustified and liable to be set aside, with ordinary remedies such as cancellation of bail remaining the proper course. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457131