{"id":178793,"date":"2006-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-selvi-vs-the-secretary-to-govt-on-18-april-2006"},"modified":"2017-01-24T08:39:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T03:09:50","slug":"r-selvi-vs-the-secretary-to-govt-on-18-april-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-selvi-vs-the-secretary-to-govt-on-18-april-2006","title":{"rendered":"R. Selvi vs The Secretary To Govt on 18 April, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
Madras High Court<\/div>\n
R. Selvi vs The Secretary To Govt on 18 April, 2006<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n In the High Court of Judicature at Madras\n\nDated: 18\/04\/2006 \n\nCoram \n\nThe Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. SATHASIVAM   \nand \nThe Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.A.K. SAMPATHKUMAR     \n\nHabeas Corpus Petition No.10  of 2006 \n\n\nR. Selvi                                       .. Petitioner\n\n-Vs-\n\n1. The Secretary to Govt.\n   Govt., of Tamilnadu\n   Public (Law & Order) Dept.\n   Secretariat\n   Chennai 9.\n\n2. Union of India rep. by\n   Secretary to Govt.\n   Ministry of Finance\n   Dept. of Revenue\n   COFEPOSA Unit   \n   Janpath Bhawan 'B' Wing\n   6th Floor, Janpath\n   New Delhi 100 001.                           .. Respondents\n\n                Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of  India\npraying for issuance of writ of habeas corpus as stated therein.\n\nFor petitioner :  Mr.N.  Chandrasekaran\n\nFor respondents :  Abudukumar Rajarathinam  \n                Govt.Advocate (Crl.side) for R1\n                Mr.  P.  Kumaresan,ACGSC for R.2\n:ORDER  \n<\/pre>\n
        (Order of the Court was made by P.  SATHASIVAM,J.)<\/p>\n
                The  learned counsel appearing for the petitioner informs this
\nCourt that in view of the opinion of the Advisory  Board  and  the  subsequent
\norder  passed  by the Government, as on date nothing survives for adjudication
\nin the above petition.   Recording  the  above  statement,  this  petition  is
\ndismissed as infructuous.\n<\/p>\n
To\n<\/p>\n
1.  The Secretary to Govt.
\nGovt., of Tamilnadu
\nPublic (Law & Order) Dept.
\nSecretariat
\nChennai 9.\n<\/p>\n
2.  Secretary to Govt.\n<\/p>\n
Ministry of Finance
\nDept.  of Revenue
\nCOFEPOSA Unit
\nJanpath Bhawan ‘B’ Wing
\n6th Floor, Janpath
\nNew Delhi 100 001.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Madras High Court R. Selvi vs The Secretary To Govt on 18 April, 2006 In the High Court of Judicature at Madras Dated: 18\/04\/2006 Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. SATHASIVAM and The Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.A.K. SAMPATHKUMAR Habeas Corpus Petition No.10 of 2006 R. Selvi .. Petitioner -Vs- 1. The Secretary to Govt. Govt., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madras-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nR. 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