https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175234 A detenu under preventive detention law is entitled to make a specific written request before the Advisory Board to produce witnesses in rebuttal, and denial of that opportunity violates the right of hearing. The Court applied preventive detention jurisprudence recognising that a detenu may lead oral and documentary evidence and keep witnesses present for examination, even though the Board is not required to summon them. On the facts, the detenu had expressly sought permission to produce witnesses, but that request was not afforded consideration. Continued detention was therefore unsustainable. en-us Wed, 07 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 17:06:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175234 A detenu under preventive detention law is entitled to make a specific written request before the Advisory Board to produce witnesses in rebuttal, and denial of that opportunity violates the right of hearing. The Court applied preventive detention jurisprudence recognising that a detenu may lead oral and documentary evidence and keep witnesses present for examination, even though the Board is not required to summon them. On the facts, the detenu had expressly sought permission to produce witnesses, but that request was not afforded consideration. Continued detention was therefore unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175234