The question of whether when an accused person, who has been remanded to assist with police investigations, is entitled to seek legal counsel has long been a point of contention and tension between prosecution and defence (despite constitutional guarantee) has long vexed the Courts. A recent ruling of the High Court has lifted some of the cloud, but, alas, by no means all of it. M. Ravi and Eugene Thuraisingam were counsel for the applicant in James Raj s/o Arokiasamy v PP.