#Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act 1982

Madras High Court held that failure to provide translated detention grounds and annexures in a language known to the detenu violates constitutional safeguards under Article 22(5). The ruling reinforces that preventive detention orders must ensure effective representation, or risk being set aside for procedural unfairness.

Madras High Court quashed a preventive detention order under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982, ruling that an unexplained delay of over a month between arrest and detention order breaks the 'live and proximate link,' rendering the detention unlawful. The judgment reinforces that preventive detention must be based on immediate and proximate grounds to comply with constitutional safeguards.