Sujatha v. The Secretary To The Govt.,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 04.08.2015
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.1271 of 2015 Sujatha
...Petitioner
-v1. The Secretary to the Government, Home Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.
2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.
...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 in C3.D.O.No.35/2015 on the file of the second respondent and to quash the order of detention dated 26.03.2015 and to direct the production of the detenu detained in Central Prison, Vellore, under the Act 14 of 1982 before this Court and to set the detenu Kutta @ Suresh, male, aged 26 years, son of Chandramohan at liberty. For Petitioner :
Mr.D.Balaji 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 wife of the detenu Kutta @ Surresh, male, aged 28 years, son of Chandramohan, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in C3.D.O.No.35/2015 dated https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
26.03.2015 passed by the second respondent against her husband branding him as a "Goonda" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, "Bootlegger", Immoral 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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 26.03.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3052, Home, Prohibition & Excise [X] Department dated 07.05.2015 and she has also produced a copy of the said order.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/- Assistant Registrar(CS-IV) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar kkd To
1. The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.
2. The District Collector and The District Magistrate, Vellore District, Vellore.
3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai 600 104.
4. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore.
H.C.P.No.1271 of 2015 RSK (CO) PSI (20.08.2015) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/