https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299890 In preventive detention proceedings, the Advisory Board is not required to adjourn the hearing on its own merely because a request for legal assistance is refused, where no adjournment is sought and no prejudice is shown. The detenu must demonstrate actual prejudice from the procedure adopted. A confessional statement made to a police officer may also be treated as relevant material for a detention order, because detention is based on executive subjective satisfaction and is not confined to evidence admissible in a criminal trial. The weight of such material remains for the detaining authority to assess. en-us Mon, 07 Apr 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:42:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299890 In preventive detention proceedings, the Advisory Board is not required to adjourn the hearing on its own merely because a request for legal assistance is refused, where no adjournment is sought and no prejudice is shown. The detenu must demonstrate actual prejudice from the procedure adopted. A confessional statement made to a police officer may also be treated as relevant material for a detention order, because detention is based on executive subjective satisfaction and is not confined to evidence admissible in a criminal trial. The weight of such material remains for the detaining authority to assess. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 07 Apr 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299890