Habeas corpus petition challenged the preventive detention of the petitioner's son under a Goondas Act detention order dated 20.02.2024. Both sides informed the Court that the Government had revoked the detention order on 01.04.2024. Recording this, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous.
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H.C.P.No.680 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 27.06.2024
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH
and
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN
H.C.P.No.680 of 2024
A.Selvam
... Petitioner
Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Fort St. George Chennai 600 009
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector Office of District Collector Namakkal District
3.The Superintendent of Police Namakkal Namakkal District
4.The Superintendent of Central Prison Central Prison Salem District
5.The Inspector of Police Namakkal Police Station Namakkal District ... Respondents
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PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents to produce the body of the detenu by name Logesh, Son of petitioner herein aged 27 years, presently confined at Central Prison, Salem, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith, after calling for the records pertaining to the detention order dated 20.02.2024 in C.M.P.No.07/GOONDA/2024/(M1), passed by the 2nd respondent, quash the same.
For Petitioner : M/s.B.Mohan
For Respondents : Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
M.S.RAMESH, J. AND SUNDER MOHAN, J.
When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.1910, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 01.04.2024, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.
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dismissed as infructuous.
[M.S.R., J] [S.M., J] 27.06.2024
Index: Yes/No Neutral Citation
kas
To
1.The Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat Fort St. George Chennai-9
2.The District Magistrate and District Collector Office of District Collector Namakkal District
3.The Superintendent of Police Namakkal Namakkal District
4.The Superintendent of Central Prison Central Prison Salem District
5.The Inspector of Police Namakkal Police Station Namakkal District
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H.C.P.No.680 of 2024
M.S.RAMESH, J. and SUNDER MOHAN, J.
kas
6.The Public Prosecutor High Court of Madras Chennai 600 104
H.C.P.No.680 of 2024
27.06.2024
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the habeas corpus petition challenging a preventive detention order survives after the detention order was revoked by the Government.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
A.Selvam
The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department
The District Magistrate and District Collector, Namakkal District
The Superintendent of Police, Namakkal
The Superintendent of Central Prison, Salem
The Inspector of Police, Namakkal Police Station
M.S.Ramesh
Sunder Mohan
As recorded by the court registry
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