Shanmugavalli v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 07.06.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN Shanmugavalli ... Petitioner/drand mother of Detenu -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv) Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Ramanathapuram District, Ramnad.

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus calling for the records pertaining to the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent in TN.P.D.A.B.C.D.F.G.I.S.S.S.V.No.01 /Goonda/2021, dated 10.01.2021 and quash the same and consequently, direct the respondents to produce the body or person of Mr.Sureshkannan,(22/2020) S/o Koothaperumal, confined in Central Prison, Madurai before this Court and set him at liberty.

For Petitioner :

Mr.T.Ebenezer For Respondents :

Mr.S.Ravi Standing Counsel for Tamil Nadu Government

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.] This habeas corpus petition has been filed to quash the proceedings of the second respondent in TN.P.D.A.B.C.D.F.G.I.S.S.S.V.No.01/Goonda/2021, dated 10.01.2021, 1/3

branding the detenu, the petitioner's grandson, namely, Mr.Sureshkannan, aged about 22 years, S/o Koothaperumal, as a "Goonda" as contemplated under Section 2(f) of Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982, detained him at the Central Prison, Madurai and to set him at liberty.

2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State, by producing a copy of G.O.Rt.No.1015, Home, Prohibition & Excise (IX) Department, dated 27.02.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

3. Recording the above submissions, the habeas corpus petition is closed.

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skn To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise (xiv) Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Ramanathapuram District, Ramnad.

3.Thejoint secretary to Government, Public (law&order), Fort st.George, Chennai 600000.

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4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

5.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

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