MOTILAL JAIN vs STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that the detention order under Section 3(1)(c)(iii) and Section 4 of the Preventive Detention Act was invalid due to vague and non-existent grounds. Specifically, the court found that one ground lacked necessary details regarding the sale price and the identity of the purchaser, while another ground referred to a fictitious individual. The court emphasized that vague grounds violate the constitutional requirement under Article 22, rendering the detention illegal, and thus set aside the order.