V.Ranjithapriya v. the State Rep by,the Additional Secretary to Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court habeas corpus H.C.P.No.883 of 2025 (29-07-2025), M.S. Ramesh and V. Lakshminarayanan, JJ. Preventive-detention challenge under Article 226 to detention order in No.224/BCDFGISSSV/2025 dated 24.04.2025 passed by the second respondent (Commissioner of Police, Chennai); detenue Vaseekaran S/o Rajini, aged 22, described as a drug offender, confined in Central Prison, Puzhal II. During hearing, parties produced G.O.Rt.No.3421, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 13.06.2025, stating the detention order had already been revoked; petition dismissed as infructuous. No case law discussed; no costs or quantum.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submission that the detention order had already been revoked (per G.O.Rt.No.3421, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIII) Department, dated 13.06.2025), the Habeas Corpus Petition was dismissed as infructuous.