Kavitha v. State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by Its Secretary
Habeas Corpus – preventive detention
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, H.C.P.No.189 of 2025, decided 07.04.2025 by M.S. Ramesh and N. Senthilkumar JJ. Petitioner Kavitha (wife of detenu) sought Article 226 habeas writ to quash detention order C3/D.O./107/2024 dated 31.12.2024 passed by second respondent and release detenu Isai Saravanan alias Saravanan from Central Prison, Cuddalore. Counsel produced G.O.Rt.No.787 dated 19.02.2025 showing revocation of the detention order; petition dismissed as infructuous. No precedent cited, no quantum.
What did the court decide?
Recording the joint submission of counsel for the petitioner and the Additional Public Prosecutor, supported by production of G.O.Rt.No.787, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 19.02.2025, that the detention order had already been revoked, the Court dismissed the Habeas Corpus Petition as infructuous. ¶29