Vijaya v. The State of Tamilnadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, HCP No. 115 of 2026, decided 21-07-2026; Coram: Dr.Anita Sumanth J. (author) and Sunder Mohan J. Habeas corpus under Article 226 by mother of detenu A.Nehru (19) detained under Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 ('Goonda') by detention order dt. 26.11.2025 of Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City (Memo C.No. 198/G/IS/2025); detention revoked by G.O.Rt.No.324, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dt. 12.01.2026; petition closed as nothing survives, no costs. Keywords: preventive detention, Goonda, revocation of detention order, infructuous/infructuousness, habeas corpus closed, no adjudication on merits.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded that the detention order dated 26.11.2025 passed against the detenu had been revoked by the Government by its order in G.O.Rt.No.324, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XII) Department, dated 12.01.2026, and that consequently nothing survived in the matter; recording which, the Habeas Corpus Petition was closed with no costs.