Habeas corpus petition challenging a preventive detention order; the Additional Public Prosecutor produced the Government order revoking the detention. Nothing survived for adjudication and the petition was dismissed.
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H.C.P(MD)No.1081 of 2024
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED :29.10.2024
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA
H.C.P.(MD) No.1081 of 2024
Eswari
... Petitioner
Vs.
PRAYER : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records pertaining tot he impugned detention order passed by the second respondent in M.H.S.Confdl.No.59/2024 dated 17.07.2024 and to quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body or person of the detenu, namely the petitioner's son, Solaivel, son of Sankaranarayanan, aged about 26 years and now detained at Central
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Prison, Palayamkottai and set aside the same and set him at liberty.
For Petitioner : Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondents : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
The present Habeas Corpus Petition has been filed to call for the records pertaining tot he impugned detention order passed by the second respondent in M.H.S.Confdl.No.59/2024 dated 17.07.2024 and to quash the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the body or person of the detenu, namely the petitioner's son, Solaivel, son of Sankaranarayanan, aged about 26 years and now detained at Central Prison, Palayamkottai and set aside the same and set him at liberty.
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This Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed.
(C.V.K., J.) (R.P, J.)
29.10.2024
Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No NCC : Yes / No LS To 1. The Principal Secretary to the Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home,Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009
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C.V.KARTHIKEYAN, J. and R.POORNIMA, J.
LS
ORDER MADE IN H.C.P.(MD) No.1081 of 2024
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the habeas corpus petition survived after the impugned preventive detention order was revoked by the Government.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Eswari
The Principal Secretary to the Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department
The District Collector and District Magistrate, Tenkasi District
The Superintendent of Prison Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli
C.V.Karthikeyan
R.Poornima
As recorded by the court registry
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