S. M. SUBRAMANIAM, V. SIVAGNANAM
Dilli – Appellant
Versus
Secretary to the Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Chennai - Respondent H. C. P. No. 1870 of 2024 – Respondent
ORDER :
(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.)
The preventive detention order passed by the second respondent dated 11.06.2024 is sought to be quashed in the present habeas corpus petition.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents.
3. Though several grounds are raised in the petition, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there is an inordinate delay in passing the order of detention.
4. In the instant case, the detenu was arrested on 30.04.2024 and thereafter, the detention order came to be passed on 11.06.2024. This fact is not disputed by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.
5. The detenue has filed a sworn affidavit before this Court. Para. 3 and 4 of the affidavit reads as under:
Inordinate delay in passing a preventive detention order invalidates the order due to severed live and proximate link between grounds and purpose of detention.
Inordinate delay in issuing a detention order after arrest disrupts the required connection between grounds and purpose, rendering the order invalid.
Inordinate delay in passing detention orders affects their validity, severing the link between grounds and purpose of detention.
Unexplained delay in preventive detention orders can invalidate the detention due to the severance of the necessary link between grounds and purpose.
Inordinate delay in passing a preventive detention order after arrest invalidates the order due to the absence of a live link between grounds and purpose of detention.
Unexplained and inordinate delay in issuing a detention order can invalidate the order by severing the necessary link between grounds and purpose of detention.
Unexplained and inordinate delay in issuing a detention order can invalidate the order by severing the necessary link between grounds and purpose of detention.
Unexplained and inordinate delay in passing a detention order can invalidate the order by severing the necessary link between the grounds and purpose of detention.
Inordinate delay in passing a preventive detention order renders it invalid, as it disrupts the essential link between grounds for detention and the purpose thereof.
Unexplained delay in passing a detention order invalidates it by severing the necessary link between grounds and purpose of detention.
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