Rajalakshmi@Rajeswari v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 11.09.2020

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.RAJAMANICKAM Rajalakshmi @ Rajeswari ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

4.The Inspector of Police, Kodaikanal Police Station, Kodaikanal, Dindigul District.

... Respondents Prayer : Habeas Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records relating to the detention order passed by the 2nd respondent in Detention Order No.34 of 2020 dated 23.06.2020 and quash the same and to direct the respondents to produce the detenu, who is presently confined in the Central Prison, Madurai before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty. For Petitioner : Mr.C.Vakeeswaran For Respondents : Mr.V.Neelakandan Additional Public Prosecutor * * * * *

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by M.SATHYANARAYANAN, J.] The wife of the detenu has filed this Habeas Corpus Petition, challenging the impugned order of detention passed under Tamil Nadu Act, 14 of 1982.

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2.The learned counsel for the petitioner has sent an e-mail dated 09.09.2020, stating that the detention order has been quashed by the Advisory Board and in the light of the same, nothing remains for further adjudication in this Habeas Corpus Petition.

3.This Court also heard the submissions of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

4.In the light of the same, this Habeas Corpus Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(Writs) // True Copy // / /2020 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) sj Note: In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate/litigant concerned To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3. The Joint Secretary to Government, Public (Law & Order), Fort Saint George, Chennai 2/3

4.The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai.

5.The Inspector of Police, Kodaikanal Police Station, Kodaikanal, Dindigul District.

11.09.2020 scr(CO) TR(23.09.2020) 3P 6C 3/3