Devi v. State Rep by
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, H.C.P.No.109 of 2025, decided 03.02.2025 by M.S.RAMESH and N.SENTHILKUMAR JJ. Mother's habeas corpus petition under Article 226 against detention of her son karthick @ Mochakotta Karthick under order dated 18.12.2024 in BCDFGISSSV No.1265 of 2024 (detention by second respondent; confinement at Central Prison, Puzhal). Petition dismissed as infructuous after both sides produced G.O.Rt.No.474, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 31.01.2025, showing the detention order stood revoked. No precedent cited, no quantum involved, no substantive ruling on detention law.
What did the court decide?
Recording the joint submission of counsel for the petitioner and the respondents, supported by G.O.Rt.No.474, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 31.01.2025, that the detention order had already been revoked, the Court dismissed the Habeas Corpus Petition as infructuous.