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Muthulakshmi v. The Union Government

Madras HC30 Jun 2025HCP(MD)/502/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; HCP(MD)No.502 of 2025; habeas corpus; Article 226; preventive detention; Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 (Central Act 7 of 1980); Section 3(2)(a) r/w 3(1); Detention Order No.01/2025 (CS) dated 03.04.2025; District Magistrate and District Collector, Theni; detenue Ravikumar; Central Prison, Madurai; revocation by Advisory Board vide G.O(Rt)No.134 dated 06.05.2025; petition closed 30.06.2025; bench A.D.Jagadish Chandira and R.Poornima.

What did the court decide?

None by this order - the petition was closed after recording that the detention order stood revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O(Rt)No.134 dated 06.05.2025. ¶26

Muthulakshmi Vs The Union Government — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

None by this order - the petition was closed after recording that the detention order stood revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O(Rt)No.134 dated 06.05.2025.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Writ of Habeas Corpus should issue calling for the records of, and quashing as illegal, the detention order passed by the 3rd respondent in Detention Order No.01/2025 (CS) dated 03.04.2025 under the Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980, and whether the detenue Ravikumar confined in Central Prison, Madurai should be produced and set at liberty.

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Court's answer

Since the detention order in Detention Order No.01/2025 (CS) dated 03.04.2025 had already been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O(Rt)No.134 dated 06.05.2025 (as submitted by the Additional Public Prosecutor), the court recorded the same and closed the Habeas Corpus Petition; no issue on the merits of the detention was decided and no relief was granted by this court.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Habeas Corpus Petition (HCP(MD)No.502 of 2025) filed by Muthulakshmi under Article 226 challenging Detention Order No.01/2025 (CS) dated 03.04.2025 passed by the District Magistrate and District Collector, Theni (3rd respondent), which detained her husband Ravikumar, S/o. Raju, aged about 38 years, as a 'Black Markerteer' under the Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 (Central Act 7 of 1980), Section 3(2)(a) r/w 3(1), seeking quashing of the order and release of the detenue from Central Prison, Madurai. Before any adjudication, the Additional Public Prosecutor informed the court that the detention order had been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O(Rt)No.134 dated 06.05.2025. Recording the same, the bench of A.D.Jagadish Chandira, J. and R.Poornima, J. closed the petition on 30.06.2025. No merits were argued, no precedent engaged, and no relief was granted by this court; the order is citable only for the recorded fact of revocation and closure.

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HCP(MD)No.502 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 30.06.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA

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HABEAS CORPUS PETITION(MD)No.502 of 2025

Muthulakshmi

... Petitioner

vs.

The Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, (Department of Consumer Affairs), Room No.270, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.

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The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to the Government, Co-Operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009.

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The District Magistrate and District Collector, Theni District, Theni.

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

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

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HCP(MD)No.502 of 2025

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PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the entire records relating to the order of detention passed by the 3^rd respondent in his proceedings in Detention Order No.01/2025 (CS), dated 03.04.2025, branding the petitioner's husband / detenue namely, Ravikumar, S/o. Raju aged about 38 years as Black Markerteer, under the Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 (Central Act 7 of 1980) under Section 3(2)(a) r/w 3(1) of the said Act and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the detenu who is confined in the 4^th respondent's Central Prison, Madurai, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

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For Petitioner : Mr.J.Lawrance For Respondents: Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

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O R D E R

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[Order of the Court was made by A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J. ]

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It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents that the detention order, passed in Detention Order No.01/2025 (CS), dated 03.04.2025, by the 3^rd respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O(Rt)No. 134, dated 06.05.2025.

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HCP(MD)No.502 of 2025

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Recording the same, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed.

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[A.D.J.C., J.] [R.P., J.] 30.06.2025

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Index : Yes / No Neutral Citation : Yes / No bala

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To:

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The Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, (Department of Consumer Affairs), Room No.270, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.

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The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Secretary to the Government, Co-Operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009.

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