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Govindammal v. the State of Tamilnadu Rep by

Madras HC3 Feb 2025HCP/110/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Keywords: habeas corpus; Article 226 Constitution of India; writ of Habeas Corpus; detention order revoked; G.O.Rt.No.489 Home Prohibition and Excise (X) Department dated 31.01.2025; Memo No.1261/BCDFGISSSV/2024 dated 18.12.2024; Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai; Central Prison Puzhal; Special Prison For Women Puzhal; dismissed as infructuous; detenu Kasthuri w/o Ravishankar; petitioner Govindammal; State of Tamil Nadu Prohibition and Excise Department; H.C.P.No.110 of 2025; Madras High Court; bench M.S. Ramesh and N. Senthilkumar JJ.; decision date 03.02.2025. Disposition: petition dismissed as infructuous; no merits adjudication on the detention.

What did the court decide?

None; the petition was dismissed as infructuous after the Court recorded that the detention order had already been revoked. ¶30

Govindammal Vs the State of Tamilnadu Rep by — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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HCP.No.110 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 03.02.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH

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AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.SENTHILKUMAR

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H.C.P.No.110 of 2025

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GOVINDAMMAL

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W/o.Sarathkumar, No.9/11, Kumarasamy Rajapuram 3rd Street, Pulianthope, Chennai-600 012.

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Petitioner(s)

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1.The State Of Tamilnadu Rep By, The Secretary To The Government, Prohibition And Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

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The Commissioner Of Police, Greater Chennai, Chennai-600 007.

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The Inspector Of Police, P-4, Basin Bride Police Station, Chennai-600 012.

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The Superintendent Of Police, Special Prison For Women Puzhal, Chennai-600 066.

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Respondent(s)

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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HCP.No.110 of 2025

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PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records pertaining to Memo No.1261/BCDFGISSSV/2024 dated 18.12.2024 on the file of the second respondent herein and set aside the same and direct the respondents herein to produce the petitioner's mother in law, Kasthuri, wife of Ravishankar, aged 50 years, now confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, before this Court and set him at liberty.

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For Petitioner : Mr.Charles Kamalesh M. Appaji For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.M.Sylvester John

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ORDER

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M.S.RAMESH, J. and

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N.SENTHILKUMAR, J.

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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.489, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department, dated 31.01.2025, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.

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