https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458821 Section 3(2) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985 permits the State Government to delegate detention power to the District Magistrate or Commissioner of Police, and the delegation was stated to be valid. The detention was also supported on material showing the detenues as property grabbers whose dealings in Government land, unauthorised transfers and related acts prejudicially affected public order. However, the detention was held illegal because statutory approval was not shown to have been obtained within twelve days and the detenues' representation under Article 22(5) was not considered independently and expeditiously, vitiating the preventive detention. en-us Wed, 12 May 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:57:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458821 Section 3(2) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985 permits the State Government to delegate detention power to the District Magistrate or Commissioner of Police, and the delegation was stated to be valid. The detention was also supported on material showing the detenues as property grabbers whose dealings in Government land, unauthorised transfers and related acts prejudicially affected public order. However, the detention was held illegal because statutory approval was not shown to have been obtained within twelve days and the detenues' representation under Article 22(5) was not considered independently and expeditiously, vitiating the preventive detention. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 12 May 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458821