Shri Chubatoshi v. State of Nagaland and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench; W.P.(Crl.)/27/2025; order dated 19.11.2025; petitioner Shri Chubatoshi; detainees/releases: Mr. Haiwang Newme; NSA, 1980 preventive detention in Nagaland; Chief Secretary's Order No. CON/NSA/08/2025/113 dated 10.11.2025 — circumstances for detention no longer exist, release forthwith; taken on record as Annexure-X; writ petition disposed of as infructuous; respondents include State of Nagaland, Special Secretary (Home/Political Branch), District Magistrate Peren, Union of India (MHA); advocates P. Surien, Ekhyuthung Kikon, Medo Vero (petitioner), Inaholi Government Advocate (State); bench Michael Zothankhuma and Yarenjungla Longkumer.
What did the court decide?
No affirmative relief decided by the Court itself; the release of Mr. Haiwang Newme from detention under the NSA, 1980 flowed from the Chief Secretary's Order No. CON/NSA/08/2025/113 dated 10.11.2025 (Annexure-X), which the Court took on record and treated as rendering the writ petition infructuous.