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Saravanan v. The Principal Secretary to Government

Madras HC25 Jul 2025HCP/936/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Madras High Court; H.C.P.No.936 of 2025; habeas corpus; Article 226; preventive detention order No.39/BCDFGISSSV/2025 dated 22.04.2025; detenue karthick@ Otta Karthick, S/o Sekar, aged 27; Central Prison Puzhal; Commissioner of Police Tambaram City; Maraimalai Nagar Police Station; revocation by G.O.Rt.No.3318, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department dated 10.06.2025; petition dismissed as infructuous; bench M.S. Ramesh and V. Lakshminarayanan, JJ.; order dated 25.07.2025.

What did the court decide?

Recording the submission that the detention order has already been revoked by G.O.Rt.No.3318, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department, dated 10.06.2025, the Habeas Corpus Petition stands dismissed as infructuous. ¶29

Saravanan Vs The Principal Secretary to Government — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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HCP.No.936 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 25.07.2025

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CORAM :

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH

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AND

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V. LAKSHMINARAYANAN

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H.C.P.No.936 of 2025

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Saravanan

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Petitioner(s)/brother of the detenue

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The Principal Secretary to Government Home Prohibition and excise Dept., Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

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2.The Commissioner of Police Tambaram City.

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3.The Superintendent of prison, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai-66.

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4.The inspector of police T-6, Maraimalai Nagar Police Station, Chengalpattu.

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Respondent(s)

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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HCP.No.936 of 2025

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PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 22.04.2025 in No.39/BCDFGISSSV/2025 against the petitioner's brother namely karthick@ Otta Karthick, Male aged 27 years, S/o Sekar, who is confined at Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenue before the Court and set him at liberty.

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For Petitioner : Mr.S.Senthilvel For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor

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ORDER

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M.S.RAMESH, J. and V. LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J.

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When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents, by producing a copy of the Government Order in G.O.Rt.No.3318, Home, Prohibition and Excise (X) Department, dated 10.06.2025, submitted that the detention order has already been revoked.

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