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Vijayalakshmi v. the State of Tamilnadu

Madras HC24 Mar 2025HCP/123/2025

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What is this about?

Madras High Court habeas corpus petition (H.C.P. No. 123/2025) dismissed as infructuous on 24.03.2025 after the State produced G.O.Rt.No.516 dated 03.02.2025 revoking detention order C.O.C.No.41/2024 (dated 22.12.2024) issued by the District Collector & District Magistrate, Nagapattinam, under the Tamilnadu Act 14 of 1982; detainee Rajendran @ Thambi Rajendran; petitioner Vijayalakshmi; judges M.S. Ramesh and N. Senthilkumar.

What did the court decide?

Recording the joint submission of counsel on both sides, supported by Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.516 dated 03.02.2025, that the detention order had already been revoked, the Court dismissed this Habeas Corpus Petition as infructuous. ¶30

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

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H.C.P.No.123 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 24.03.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. SENTHILKUMAR

H.C.P.No.123 of 2025

Vijayalakshmi

... Petitioner

Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, St. George Fort, Chennai – 600 009.

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2.The District Collector & District Magistrate, Office of the District Collector and District Magistrate Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.

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3.The Superintendent of Police, Nagapattinam, Nagapattinam District.

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4.The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison,Thiruchirappalli, Thiruchirappalli District.

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5.The Inspector of Police, Vellankanni Police Station, Nagapattinam District. ... Respondents

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PRAYER:

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H.C.P.No.123 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 relating to the detention order in C.O.C.No.41/2024 dated 22.12.2024 passed by the second respondent under the Tamilnadu Act 14 of 1982 and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the petitioner's husband, Rajendran @ Thambi Rajendran, S/o.Mariyappan, aged 63 years, now confined in Central Prison, Thiruchirappalli before this Court and set him at liberty.

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For Petitioner : Mr.J.Jawahar

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For Respondents : Mr.R.Muniyapparaj, Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by Mr.M.Sylvester John

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ORDER

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(Order of the Court was made by M.S. RAMESH, 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.516, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 03.02.2025, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.

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H.C.P.No.123 of 2025

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2 . Recording the said submission, this Habeas Corpus Petition

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stands dismissed as infructuous. No costs.

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[M.S.R, J.] [N.S, J.] 24.03.2025