Tamil Selvi v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
H.C.P.(MD) No.188 of 2025, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 10.02.2025 by Dr. Justice G. Jayachandran and Ms. Justice R. Poornima. Tamil Selvi (wife) sought a writ of habeas corpus against the SP/DSP/Inspector of Police, Kanniyakumari (Thuckalay) for her missing 73-year-old husband Sethu Arumugam S/o. Ramaiya. Police secured the detenue from a home he had joined voluntarily; he stated he did not want matrimonial life and was living in an old age home by choice; no compulsion, force or illegal detention found; petition dismissed. Counsel: Mr. Arul Legal Consultancy (petitioner); Mr. E. Antony Sahaya Prabahar, Additional Public Prosecutor (respondents).
What did the court decide?
The respondent police has secured the detenue, namely, Sethu Arumugam, husband of the petitioner, from a home which he had joined voluntarily. ¶23