Kamali v. The Secretary to the Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, H.C.P.No.854 of 2025, decided 25.07.2025 by M.S. Ramesh and V. Lakshminarayanan, JJ. Petitioner Kamali sought a writ of habeas corpus under Article 226 against the detention of her husband Mohamed Shajahan (detention order dated 23/04/2024 in R.C.No.C2/19/2025 by the District Collector/District Magistrate, Villupuram; confinement at Special Prison for Women, Vellore; respondents include Secretary to Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Superintendent of Police Villupuram, Superintendent of Prison Central Prison Cuddalore, Inspector of Police Kottakuppam). Detention order revoked by G.O.Rt.No.3329, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 10.06.2025; petition dismissed as infructuous. Keywords: habeas corpus, preventive detention, revocation, infructuous, Tamil Nadu, Villupuram.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submission that the detention order had already been revoked (G.O.Rt.No.3329, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 10.06.2025), this Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous.