Section 4. Execution of detention orders

This judgment addresses a writ petition challenging a detention order under the COFEPOSA Act at the pre-execution stage. The petitioner, a citizen of Nepal who has absconded since 2014, argued that the order should be quashed because it remained unexecuted for years and was not served at his address in Nepal.

Supreme Court of India batch (W.P.(Crl.) 137/2011 lead; 11 matters) decided 16.07.2013, [2013] 17 SCR 596, on preventive detention under COFEPOSA Act 1974 and NSA 1980. Issues: pre-execution challenge beyond the five Alka Subhash Gadia exceptions;