{"id":108712,"date":"2006-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nirmala-devi-vs-the-commissioner-of-police-on-21-august-2006"},"modified":"2014-04-04T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T11:30:46","slug":"nirmala-devi-vs-the-commissioner-of-police-on-21-august-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nirmala-devi-vs-the-commissioner-of-police-on-21-august-2006","title":{"rendered":"Nirmala Devi vs The Commissioner Of Police on 21 August, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Nirmala Devi vs The Commissioner Of Police on 21 August, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n In the High Court of Judicature at Madras\n\nDated:21.08.2006\n\nCoram:\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Justice P. SATHASIVAM\nand\nThe Honourable Mr. Justice S.MANIKUMAR\n\n\nHabeas Corpus Petition No.553 of 2006\n\n\nNirmala Devi\t\t \t\t\t\t .. Petitioner\n\n\n\t\t\tvs.\n\n\n1. The Commissioner of Police,\n   Greater Chennai,\n   Egmore, Chennai-8.\n\n2. The Secretary to Government,\n   Prohibition and Excise Department,\n   Government of Tamil Nadu,\n   Fort St.George,\n   Chennai 9.\t\t\t\t\t  \t.. Respondents\n\n\n\t\t Petition  filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of writ of Habeas corpus calling for the records of the first respondent in Memo No.113\/BDFGIS\/2006 dated 17.04.2006, setting aside the order of detention passed therein and directing the  the respondents to produce the detenu by name Dharmendran @ Dharmendra, who is the son of the petitioner herein,  now confined at Central Prison, Chennai, before this Court and set him at liberty.\n\n\t\tFor petitioner   : Mr. R. Rajasekaran\n\n\t\tFor respondents  : Mr. M.Babu Muthu Meeran,\n\t\t\t         Additional Public Prosecutor\n\t\t\t\t\t    \nORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>(Order of the Court was made by P. SATHASIVAM,J.)<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe learned Additional Public Prosecutor has brought to our notice that the impugned detention order has been revoked by the Government in G.O.Rt.No.1116 Prohibition &amp; Excise (X) Department dated 31.05.2006 and he also produced copy of the same.  Accordingly, as on date nothing survives for adjudication in this petition, hence the same is dismissed as infructuous.\n<\/p>\n<p>gl\t<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>1. The Secretary to Government<br \/>\n   Prohibition and Excise Department<br \/>\n   Fort St. George<br \/>\n   Chennai 9.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The Commissioner of Police,<br \/>\n   Greater Chennai,<br \/>\n   Egmore, Chennai-8.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. The Superintendent<br \/>\n   Central Prison,<br \/>\n   Chennai.\n<\/p>\n<p>   (in duplicate for communication to detenu)<\/p>\n<p>4. The Joint Secretary to Government,<br \/>\n   Public (Law &amp; Order),<br \/>\n   Fort St.George,<br \/>\n   Chennai-9.\n<\/p>\n<p>5. The Public Prosecutor<br \/>\n   High Court, Madras.\n<\/p>\n<p>VSANT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Nirmala Devi vs The Commissioner Of Police on 21 August, 2006 In the High Court of Judicature at Madras Dated:21.08.2006 Coram: The Honourable Mr. Justice P. SATHASIVAM and The Honourable Mr. Justice S.MANIKUMAR Habeas Corpus Petition No.553 of 2006 Nirmala Devi .. Petitioner vs. 1. 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