As Soon As May Be
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
As soon as may be, means 'as soon as practicable', Ashok Kumar v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1982 SC 1143. [National Security Act, (65 of 1980), ss. 3(2) and 8]
--when the representation is made it is in the fitness of things that the said representation should be considered with the same sense of urgency with which the grounds are intended to be communicated to the detenu. That is the only way in which the purpose, for which the earliest communication of the grounds to the person concerned is provided, can be achieved. The representation must, therefore, be considered with due promptitude or expedition and without avoidable delay in other words with reasonable dispatch, Durga Pada Ghosh v. State of West Bengal, (1972) 2 SCC 656: AIR 1972 SC 2420 (2426). [Constitution of India, Art. 22(5)]
As soon as may be, indicate a positive action on the part of the detaining authority in supplying the grounds of detention, Sophia Gulam Mohd. Bham v. State of Maharashtra, (1999) 6 SCC 593.
--when the representation is made it is in the fitness of things that the said representation should be considered with the same sense of urgency with which the grounds are intended to be communicated to the detenu. That is the only way in which the purpose, for which the earliest communication of the grounds to the person concerned is provided, can be achieved. The representation must, therefore, be considered with due promptitude or expedition and without avoidable delay in other words with reasonable dispatch, Durga Pada Ghosh v. State of West Bengal, (1972) 2 SCC 656: AIR 1972 SC 2420 (2426). [Constitution of India, Art. 22(5)]
As soon as may be, indicate a positive action on the part of the detaining authority in supplying the grounds of detention, Sophia Gulam Mohd. Bham v. State of Maharashtra, (1999) 6 SCC 593.
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