Gowri v. State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
The court closed the habeas corpus petition filed by the wife of a detenu as infructuous after the Government Advocate submitted that the detention order was revoked on 26.07.2021.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 22.10.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH AND
THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY
H.C.P.NO.873 OF 2021
Gowri
W/o.Subash .. Petitioner/ Wife of detenu
Vs.
- State of Tamil Nadu represented by its Secretary to Government [Home] Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009. 2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Coimbatore District. 3. The Superintendent of Prisons, Coimbatore Central Prison, Coimbatore District. 4. The Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore, Coimbatore District. 5. The State represented by Inspector of Police, Karamadai Police Station, Coimbatore District. .. Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the
Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records of the second respondent in his proceedings Cr.M.P.No.08/G/2021/E1 dated 31.05.2021, quash the same and consequently, direct the respondents to produce the petitioner's husband Subash s/o.Muralidharan, aged 28 years, before this Court, who is now confined at Central Prison, Coimbatore and set him at liberty forthwith.
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the habeas corpus petition should be dismissed as it has become infructuous due to the revocation of the detention order?
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Gowri
- respondent
State of Tamil Nadu
Coram
P.N.PRAKASH
Case details
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