Dismissed¶14
Waseem Ahmad Shah v. Union Territory of J and K and Ors. (Home Department)
J&K HCHCP/249/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Waseem Ahmad Shah v. UT of JK and others; HCP 249/2024; habeas corpus; detention; detenu already released; petition dismissed as infructuous; no decision on merits; Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul; High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Srinagar; order dated 16.12.2025; counsel Ms. Sabiya Hilal for petitioner, Mr. Faheem Shah GA for respondents.
What did the court decide?
The petition has become infructuous as the detenu has already been released, and it is therefore dismissed; the merits of the detention were not adjudicated. ¶14