Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, HCP No. 175 of 2025 (01-04-2025), Coram M.S. Ramesh, J. and N. Senthilkumar, J.: habeas corpus petition by Shalini challenging detention order No.1290/BCDFGISSSV/2024 dated 28.12.2024 of the Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai concerning detenu Yuvaraj; dismissed as infructuous upon joint submission, evidenced by G.O.Rt.No.618 dated 07.02.2025, that the detention order stood revoked. No statute or precedent cited; no ruling on the validity of the detention; useful only as evidence of revocation, not as a precedent on preventive detention.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded the joint submission of the petitioner's counsel and the Additional Public Prosecutor, supported by the production of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.618, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department, dated 07.02.2025, that the detention order had already been revoked.