Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court Division Bench (N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman, JJ.), order dated 07.11.2025 in H.C.P.No.2304 of 2025, closed a mother's habeas corpus petition under Article 226 seeking production and custody of her minor son P.Bavesh from police respondents, holding that the child was admittedly in the custody of his father, a natural guardian, that the custody issue was already before the Family Court, Malkaj Giri District, Telangana (G.W.O.P.No.880 of 2024), and that the child was not in anyone's illegal custody. Keywords: habeas corpus; minor custody; natural guardian; Family Court; G.W.O.P.; Article 226; H.C.P.; petition closed.
What did the court decide?
No relief granted; the habeas corpus petition was closed with a finding that the child is not in illegal custody (no direction for production or handover issued). Mapped to 'other' because the order records the petition as 'closed', which does not squarely match 'dismissed' or 'disposed'.