Subbulakshmi v. The Additional Chief Secretary To Government

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 03.02.2021

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KALYANASUNDARAM and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ILANGOVAN Subbulakshmi

...Petitioner/Mother of the Detenue

-vs1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City.

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Melapalayam Police Station, Tirunelveli.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of habeas corpus, calling for the entire records connected with the detention order No.11/BCDFGISSSV/2020, dated 25.11.2020 on the file of the Respondent No.2 and quash the same as illegal and direct the Respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's son namely Sivakannan alias Chatti Siva, son of Sudalai, aged about 25 years now confined at Central Prison, Palayamkottai, before this Court and set him at liberty, forthwith. For Petitioner :

Mr.S.M.A.Jinna For Respondents :

Mr.K.Dinesh Babu Additional Public Prosecutor 1/3

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 copy of G.O.Rt.No.226, Home, Prohibition & Excise (XIV) Department, dated 11.01.2021, would state that the impugned detention order has been revoked.

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

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS-III) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Note :

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To:

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

2.The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City.

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

4.The Inspector of Police, Melapalayam Police Station, Tirunelveli.

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

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