Lakshmi, v. The State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED 28.07.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE S.TAMILVANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM H.C.P. No.969 of 2015 Lakshmi ... Petitioner -v1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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 to call for the records pertaining to the detention order passed in D.O.No.18/2015-C2 dated 25.03.2015 on the file of the second respondent herein and to set aside the same and to direct the respondents herein to produce the detenue Malar, wife of (Late) Sankar, aged about 40 years, who is confined in Special Prison for Women, Vellore before this Court and to set her at liberty. 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 mother-in-law of the detenue Malar, wife of (Late) Sankar, aged about 40 years, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order in D.O.No.18/2015-C2 dated 25.03.2015 passed by the second respondent against her daughter-in-law 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of detention passed by the second respondent as against the daughter-in-law of the petitioner dated 25.03.2015 has been revoked by the Government in G.O. [Rt] No.3081, Home, Prohibition & Excise [XI] Department dated 08.05.2015 and he has also produced a copy of the said order.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 II ) /true copy/ Sub Asst. Registrar vga To 1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009.

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

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

4.The Superintendent of Special Prison for Women, Vellore H.C.P. No.969 of 2015 ts(co) kra(12/08) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/