{"id":125182,"date":"2006-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kadhar-sulthan-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-10-july-2006"},"modified":"2017-08-10T01:25:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T19:55:01","slug":"kadhar-sulthan-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-10-july-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kadhar-sulthan-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-10-july-2006","title":{"rendered":"Kadhar Sulthan vs The Secretary To Government on 10 July, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kadhar Sulthan vs The Secretary To Government on 10 July, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n In the High Court of Judicature at Madras\n\nDated: 10\/07\/2006 \n\nCoram \n\nThe Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. SATHASIVAM   \nand \nThe Hon'ble Mr. Justice V. DHANAPALAN    \n\nHabeas Corpus Petition No.447 of 2006 \n\nKadhar Sulthan                          .. Petitioner\n\n-Vs-\n\n1.The Secretary to Government \n   Prohibition and Excise Department\n   Government of Tamil Nadu\n   Fort St.George,\n   Chennai 9.\n\n2. The Commissioner of Police \n   Office of the Commissioner of\n   Police,Egmore, Chennai 600 008.      .. Respondents\n\n\n                Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of  India\npraying for the issuance of writ of Habeas corpus as stated therein.\n\nFor petitioner         :  Mr.  A.K.S.  Thahir\nFor respondents        :  Mr.  M.  Babu Muthu Meeran\n                        Addl.  Public Prosecutor\n\n:ORDER  \n<\/pre>\n<p>(Order of the Court was made by P.  SATHASIVAM,J.)   <\/p>\n<p>                The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has  brought  to  our<br \/>\nnotice that the impugned detention order has been revoked by the Government in<br \/>\nG.O.Rt.No.1060 Prohibition &amp; Excise (X) Department dated 29.05.2006 and he has<br \/>\nalso produced  copy of the same.  Accordingly, as on date nothing survives for<br \/>\nadjudication in this petition, hence the same is dismissed as infructuous.\n<\/p>\n<p>Kh <\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>1.  The Commissioner of Police<br \/>\nOffice of the Commissioner of<br \/>\nPolice,Egmore, Chennai 600 008.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.  The Secretary to Government<br \/>\nProhibition and Excise Department<br \/>\nGovernment of Tamil Nadu<br \/>\nFort St.George,<br \/>\nChennai 9.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.  The Director General of Police<br \/>\nChennai 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.  The Inspector General of Prisons<br \/>\nChennai 8.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.  The Superintendent<br \/>\nCentral Prison<br \/>\nChennai.\n<\/p>\n<p>6.  The Public Prosecutor<br \/>\nHigh Court, Madras.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Kadhar Sulthan vs The Secretary To Government on 10 July, 2006 In the High Court of Judicature at Madras Dated: 10\/07\/2006 Coram The Hon&#8217;ble Mr. Justice P. SATHASIVAM and The Hon&#8217;ble Mr. Justice V. DHANAPALAN Habeas Corpus Petition No.447 of 2006 Kadhar Sulthan .. 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