Wife filed habeas corpus for husband missing since 2013, complaining after ten years. Court found no meritorious ground due to delay and dismissal petition as devoid of merits.
Petition dismissed as devoid of merits without interference.
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H.C.P.(MD).No.199 of 2024
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED: 23.02.2024
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN
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Ramalakshmi
.. Petitioner/Wife of Detenu
Vs.
PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to secure the detenu and produce the person or body of the petitioner's husband namely Kumarakurubaran, S/o.Ramasamy Reddiyar, aged about 53 years, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith on the basis of the petitioner's representation dated 27.11.2023.
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For Petitioner : No appearance For Respondents : Mr.RMS.Sethuraman Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
DR.G.JAYACHANDRAN,J. and C.KUMARAPPAN,J.
The present Habeas Corpus Petition is filed by the wife on 04th January 2024, alleging that her husband, Kumarakurubaran, while he was working in a Transport Company in Thiruvetriyur, Chennai, had gone missing during the month of April 2013.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the court should entertain a habeas corpus petition filed ten years after the petitioner's husband went missing with no steps taken during that period.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Ramalakshmi
The Superintendent of Police, Tenkasi District, Tirunelveli
The Inspector of Police, Uthumalai Police Station, Tenkasi District
G.Jayachandran
C.Kumarappan
As recorded by the court registry
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