Madras High CourtHCP(MD)/881/2020closed

Pushpakani v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

2020-12-14Honourable Mr Justice K. Kalyanasundaram,Honourable Mrs Justice T. Krishnavalli (Retd.)2 pages

H.C.P.(MD) No.881 of 2020 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 14.12.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE T.KRISHNAVALLI H.C.P.(MD) No.881 of 2020 Pushpakani ... Petitioner -vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department State of Tamil Nadu Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Thoothukudi District Thoothukudi 3.The Superintendent of Prison Palayamkottai Central Prison Tirunelveli District ... Respondents PRAYER : Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus calling for the entire records connected with the detention order of the respondent No.2 in H.S.(M) Confdl No.80/2020, dated 01.10.2020 and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu by name Johnson, son of Immanuel, aged about 50 years, now detained in Palayamkottai Central Prison, before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Vinoth Bharathi For Respondents: Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by K.KALYANASUNDARAM, J.) When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents, by producing a https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

H.C.P.(MD) No.881 of 2020 copy of G.O.Rt.No.5010, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XII) Department, dated 17.11.2020, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar // True Copy // / /2020 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Note :

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krk To:

1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

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

3.The Superintendent of Prison, Palayamkottai Central Prison, Tirunelveli District.

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

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