Supreme Court of India

Licil Antony v. State of Kerala&anr.

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Reported as [2014] 14 S.C.R. 317
Bench Chandramauli Kr. Prasad and Pinaki Chandra Ghose JJ.
Decided 15 April 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion thatthe order of detention is not fit to be quashed on the ground of delay in passing the same.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Preventive Detention - Smuggling of red sanders in India and abroad -Detention order passed under c COFEPOSA - Challenged on ground that there was inordinate delay in passing the order which itself vitiated the same - Held: There has to be live link between the prejudicial activity and the order of detention - In case of delay, that has to be satisfactorily explained - Delay in issuing the order of o detention, if not satisfactorily explained, itself is a ground to · quash the order of detention - On facts, it cannot be said that there was undue delay in passing the order of detention and

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