Godhavari v. The Secretary To Government

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 29.07.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P.No.901 of 2015 Godhavari W/o.Kumar ... Petitioner Vs

1. The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

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

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District.

... Respondents Prayer:- This Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus to call for the records of the second respondent herein in connection with the detention order No.12/2015-C2 dated 21.02.2015 and quash the same and further direct the respondents to produce the detenu Kumar @ Kanjamalai Kumar (29 years) S/o.Kanjamalai detained in Central Prison, Vellore, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Seenuvasan 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, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent dated 21.02.2015 against her husband, branding him as a "Bootlegger" under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

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. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor, would submit that the detention order passed against the husband of the petitioner dated 21.02.2015 in D.O.No.12/2015-C2 on the file of the second respondent is revoked on the opinion expressed by the Advisory Board by the Government of India in G.O.Rt.No.2507, Home, Prohibition and Excise (XI) Department, dated 13.04.2015 and produced a copy of the said order.

3. In view of the above, this petition is closed as it has become infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS IV) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar gm To

1. The Secretary to the Government Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009.

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

3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Vellore, Vellore District.(In duplicate for Communication to Detenue)

4. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai.

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

H.C.P.No.901 of 2015 TS(CO) CA(13/08/2015) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/