https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466446 Preventive detention of a person already in custody requires reliable material showing a real and proximate possibility of bail and likely prejudicial activity after release; absent such material, and where unexplained delay breaks the live link, the order is invalid. Reliance on an unrelated crime also vitiates subjective satisfaction because irrelevant material amounts to non-application of mind. Isolated incidents supported only a law and order inference, not a public order threat affecting the even tempo of community life. Failure to supply relied-upon documents in a language understood by the detenu breached the right to effective representation under Article 22(5), and the detention was quashed. en-us Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:53:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466446 Preventive detention of a person already in custody requires reliable material showing a real and proximate possibility of bail and likely prejudicial activity after release; absent such material, and where unexplained delay breaks the live link, the order is invalid. Reliance on an unrelated crime also vitiates subjective satisfaction because irrelevant material amounts to non-application of mind. Isolated incidents supported only a law and order inference, not a public order threat affecting the even tempo of community life. Failure to supply relied-upon documents in a language understood by the detenu breached the right to effective representation under Article 22(5), and the detention was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466446