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Tamilselvi v. State of TamilNadu

Madras HC9 Sept 2025HCP(MD)/1101/2024

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What is this about?

H.C.P.(MD)No.1101 of 2024, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 09.09.2025; habeas corpus; preventive detention order BCDFGISSSV.No.24/2024 dated 12.08.2024 by District Collector and District Magistrate, Madurai; detenu Karuppaiah at Central Prison, Madurai; detention period expired; petition dismissed as infructuous; Article 226; Coram: C.V.Karthikeyan and R.Vijayakumar, JJ.; no relief granted; no quantum involved.

What did the court decide?

In view of the period of detention having expired and the Habeas Corpus Petition having become infructuous, the Habeas Corpus Petition was dismissed as infructuous. ¶22

Tamilselvi Vs State of TamilNadu — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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H.C.P.(MD)No.1101 of 2024

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 09.09.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR

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H.C.P.(MD)No.1101 of 2024

Tamilselvi

... Petitioner

-vs-

State of Tamil Nadu, The Principal Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai- 600 009.

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The District Collector and District Magistrate, Madurai District, Madurai.

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The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Madurai, Madurai District. ... Respondents

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PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in BCDFGISSSV. No.24/2024 dated 12.08.2024 on the file of the 2^nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely the petitioners husband i.e., Karuppaiah, aged about 30

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H.C.P.(MD)No.1101 of 2024

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years, S/o. Pattar, now detained at the Central Prison, Madurai before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

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For Petitioner : Mr.K.Sudalaiyandi For Respondents : Mr.A.Thiruvadikumar, Addl. Public Prosecutor

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O R D E R

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(Order of the Court was made by C.V.Karthikeyan, J. )

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When the matter is came up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents would submit that the period of detention has expired and hence, the Habeas Corpus Petition has become infructuous.

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2. In view of the above, the Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as

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infructuous.

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vsm NCC : Yes/No Index: Yes/No Internet: Yes/No

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[C.V.K., J.] [R.V., J.] 09.09.2025

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