Vanathi v. The Secretary

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 11.08.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.1158 of 2015 Vanathi ... Petitioner -v1.The Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector, Office of the District Collector, Kancheepuram District, Kancheepuram.

... Respondents Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the records relating to the detention order passed by the second respondent in detention order No.BDCFGISSSV No.40/2015 dated 25.04.2015 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body of the petitioner's mother Kutty, wife of late Aruljothi, now detained at Special Prison for Women, Puzhal, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.Y.Deva Arul Prakash For Respondents:

Mr.M.Maharaja Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.TAMILVANAN,J.) The petitioner, who is the daughter of the detenu Kutty, wife of late Aruljothi, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in No.BDCFGISSSV No.40/2015 dated 25.04.2015 passed by the second respondent against her mother branding her as a "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982].

2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the mother of the petitioner dated 25.04.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3847, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 18.06.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.

3. Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this petition is closed as the same has become infructuous.

Sd/- Asst.Registrar (CS IV ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar To 1.The Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector, Office of the District Collector, Kancheepuram District, Kancheepuram.

3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai 600 104.

4.The Superintendent of Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai.

5.The Joint Secretary to the Government, Public Law & Order Fort St.George Chennai-9 H.C.P. No.1158 of 2015 aa21/08/2015 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/