Preventive detention order unsustainable on stale or illusory grounds having no real nexus with past prejudicial activity

Naveen Kasera Alias Naveen Agrawal Vs. Union of India (Delhi High Court) In our view, the two questions, the answers to which would be dispositive of the present matter are : (i) whether there was a live-link or a causal connection between the prejudicial activity, in which the petitioner is alleged to have indulged, and the passing of the detention order; and (ii) whether the grounds on which the detention order is premised are „stale‟ or „illusory‟ or have „no real nexus‟ with the need for placing the petitioner under prevention detention. To address the above aspects, we called ...