Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, W.P.H.C. No. 57 of 2026, decided 09-06-2026 (Anu Sivaraman and Venkatesh Naik T, JJ.): habeas corpus petition by a brother residing in New York, acting through power of attorney, seeking production of his mother allegedly taken to Kerala by the respondent brother; held not maintainable since the mother was admittedly outside Karnataka and the respondent's Kerala address was known from the pleadings and police complaints; petition dismissed with all contentions left open and no opinion on merits; pending interlocutory applications disposed of.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition (habeas corpus) is not maintainable: the petitioner's pleadings and complaints before the Police show the family owns property in Kerala and the respondent's Kerala residential address is known, and the writ petition admits that the petitioner's mother is not in Karnataka and has been taken to Kerala by the respondent, who is her son and the petitioner's brother.