Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, HCP No. 14 of 2026, decided 15-07-2026; coram Dr. Justice Anita Sumanth and Mr. Justice Sunder Mohan. Habeas corpus petition filed by Viji under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the order of detention dated 30.11.2025 in C.O.C.No.42/2025 passed by the second respondent (District Collector and District Magistrate of Nagapattinam District) against the detenu Jilakki @ Mariyappan, male, aged 38 years, S/o. Murugan, confined at Central Prison, Cuddalore. Petition closed as nothing survived, the detention order having been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.339, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 12.01.2026. No costs. No substantive ruling on the legality of the detention; no precedents discussed.
What did the court decide?
Recording that the detention order dated 30.11.2025 had been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.339, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XV) Department, dated 12.01.2026, and that nothing survives in the matter, the Court closed the habeas corpus petition, with no costs.