Sivalingam v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 01.09.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.1350 of 2015 Sivalingam ... Petitioner/Son of the Detenue -v1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

... 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 D.O.No.29/2015-C2 dated 17.05.2015 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body of the petitioner's mother, Tmt.Vijaya, wife of (Late) Velu, aged about 50 years, who is now confined in Special Prison for Women, Vellore before this Court and set her at liberty forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Balakrishnan 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 son of the detenue Tmt.Vijaya, wife of (late) Velu, aged about 50 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in D.O.No.29/2015-C2 dated 17.05.2015 passed by the second respondent against his mother branding her as a "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 [Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982]. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the mother of the petitioner dated 17.05.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.4366, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 15.07.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 (CO) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar kal To 1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

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

4.The Superintendent, Special Central Prison for Women, Vellore.

5.The JOint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Fort St.George, Chennai - 9.

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