Sowthambika v. the Additional Chief Secretary to Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Division Bench (M.S. Ramesh & V. Lakshminarayanan, JJ.), H.C.P.No.898 of 2025, decided 29-07-2025. Writ of habeas corpus under Article 226 challenging detention order C.M.P.No.37/ BOOTLEGGER/ 2025(M1) dated 25.04.2025 of the District Magistrate/District Collector, Namakkal, against detenue Manojkumar held in Central Prison, Salem. Dismissed as infructuous after both sides produced G.O.Rt.No.3257 (Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 09.06.2025) showing the detention order stood revoked. Keywords: habeas corpus, preventive detention, bootlegger case, revocation of detention order, infructuous petition.
What did the court decide?
Recording the joint submission of both counsel, supported by G.O.Rt.No.3257, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XIV) Department, dated 09.06.2025, that the detention order had already been revoked, the Court dismissed the habeas corpus petition as infructuous. No substantive ruling was made on the legality of the detention.