Vanaja v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 04.02.2016

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.HARIPARANTHAMAN H.C.P. No.2639 of 2015 Vanaja ... Petitioner -v1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

... 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 order of detention passed by the second respondent herein in his proceedings dated 28.09.2015 in BCDFGISSSV NO.37/2015 branding him as Bootlegger under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the body of the detenu namely Murali, son of Magesh, who is now confined in Central Prison II, Puzhal, Chennai-66, before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Sivakumar For Respondents:

Mr.A.N.Thambidurai 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 Murali, son of Magesh, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in BCDFGISSSV NO.37/2015 dated 28.09.2015 passed by the second respondent against her husband branding him as a https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

"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]. 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the order of detention passed by the second respondent as against the husband of the petitioner dated 28.09.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.7289, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 18.11.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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.

-s/d- Assistant Registrar True Copy Sub-Assistant Registrar vga To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

4.The Superintendent of Central Prison II, Puzhal, Chennai-66.

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