Rufiya v. The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government
Preventive detention – temporary release for medical treatment
Case brief
What is this about?
Preventive detention; temporary release for medical treatment; kidney ailment; detenue Nagoormeeran alias Ameerbhai; Central Prison Palayamkottai; detention order dated 12.05.2025 by District Collector/District Magistrate Tenkasi; Medical Board examination at Tirunelveli Medical College and Hospital; report dated 11.11.2025; detenue stable; petition closed; habeas corpus to be listed; Article 226 Constitution of India; Madras High Court Madurai Bench; CRL MP(MD) No. 15583 of 2025 in HCP(MD) No. 897 of 2025; C.V. Karthikeyan J.; R. Vijayakumar J.
What did the court decide?
The detenue was examined by the Medical Board (Professor and HOD, Department of General Medicine; Professor of Medicine-Chief Civil Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, all of Tirunelveli Medical College, and the Medical Officer, Central Prison, Palayamkottai); he has been given treatment, admitted as in-patient with continuous medication, and is stable as on date.