Mari v. the Secretary of State Prohibition and Excise Department
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioner sought writ of habeas corpus regarding detention of his son. Court noted detention order revoked by Advisory Board and subsequent Government Order passed, leaving no issue for adjudication and closing the petition.
What the court decided
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 23.04.2019
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M. SATHYANARAYANAN
AND
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M. NIRMAL KUMAR
H.C.P.No.2936 of 2018
Mari ...Petitioner
Vs
The State represented by its
1.The Secretary to Government
Home, Prohibition and Excise Department,
Fort St.George,
Chennai-600 009.
2.The Commissioner of Police,
Greater Chennai,
Poonamallee High Road,
Chennai-600 007. ...Respondents
Prayer: Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus to call upon the production of the records relating to the detention order dated 26.10.2018 made in detention order Memo No.98/BCDFGISSSV / 2018 passed by the second respondent herein to quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's son Logesh @ Loganathan son of Mani aged about 23 years branded as Goonda and now confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.
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Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Mari
- respondent
The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department
- respondent
The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai
Coram
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