https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175233 A detenu has no enforceable right to appear through a legal practitioner before the Advisory Board under Article 22(3)(b) and Section 8(e) of the COFEPOSA Act, but any request for legal representation must still be considered objectively and on its merits. A refusal based on vague or formulaic reasons, such as a bare reference to "obvious reasons," is not a proper application of mind and is inconsistent with the safeguards recognised in prior decisions. In preventive detention matters, the Board must deal with such requests dispassionately; failure to do so can vitiate the detention process. en-us Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 21 Nov 2015 22:54:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175233 A detenu has no enforceable right to appear through a legal practitioner before the Advisory Board under Article 22(3)(b) and Section 8(e) of the COFEPOSA Act, but any request for legal representation must still be considered objectively and on its merits. A refusal based on vague or formulaic reasons, such as a bare reference to "obvious reasons," is not a proper application of mind and is inconsistent with the safeguards recognised in prior decisions. In preventive detention matters, the Board must deal with such requests dispassionately; failure to do so can vitiate the detention process. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175233