A Bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir (who has since retired) and Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and J Chelameswar, by a majority of 2:1 held that order of preventive detention cannot be quashed at the pre-execution stage merely on the ground that the offender has been absconding, evading arrest or could not be arrested due to inaction of authorities. Justice Kabir, contrary to the decade...
