Additional Secretary To The Government ... vs Smt. Alka Subhash Gadia And Anr on 20 December, 1990
If this aspect is
borne in mind, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana could
not have quashed the order of detention either on the ground
of delay in passing the impugned order or delay in executing
the said order. For mere delay either in passing the order
or execution thereof is not fatal except where the same
stands un-explained. In the given circumstances of the case
and if there are good reasons for delay in passing the order
or in not giving effect to it, the same could be explained
and those are not such grounds which could be made the basis
for quashing the order of detention at a pre-detention
stage. Therefore, following the decisions of this Court in
Additional Secretary to the Government of India & Ors. v.
Smt. Alka Subhash Gadia & Anr., (supra) and Sayed Thaer
Bawamiya v. Joint Secretary to the Government of India &
Ors. (supra), we hold that the order made by the High Court
is bad in law and deserves to be set aside.