Padmavathy v. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government
HCP(MD)/1412/2025 · 2026-02-18
G K Ilanthiraiyan, R Poornima
Transfer Petitionbody2026
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H.C.P.(MD)No.1412 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 18.02.2026 CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA H.C.P.(MD)No.1412 of 2025 Padmavathy ... Petitioner -vs- The State of Tamil Nadu Rep by
1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai. 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Dindigul, Dindigul District 3.The Superintendent of Prison Special Prison for women, Central Prison Madurai
4. The Inspector of Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Dindigul , Dindigul District ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, call for the entire records connected with the order No 65 of 2025d ated 29.10.2025 on the file of 1 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
H.C.P.(MD)No.1412 of 2025 the second respondent and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents to produce the body or person of the petitioner's daughter namely Deepalakshmi, daugther of Balasundaram, aged about 39 years now confined at Special Prison for women, Central Prison, Madurai before this Court and set her at liberty forthwith For Petitioner : Mr.R.Karunanithi For Respondents : Mr.T.Senthil Kumar
Additional Public Prosecutor O R D E R (Order of the Court was made by G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.) It is submitted by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that the detention order, passed in No 65 of 2025 dated 29.10.2025 by the second respondent, has been revoked by the Advisory Board vide G.O.Rt.No.8292 dated 10.12.2025
2. Recording the same, the habeas corpus petition is closed.
[G.K.I., J.] [R.P., J.] 18.02.2026
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H.C.P.(MD)No.1412 of 2025 To
1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government Home, Prohibition and Excise Department Secretariat, Chennai. 2.The District Collector and District Magistrate Dindigul, Dindigul District 3.The Superintendent of Prison Special Prison for women, Central Prison Madurai
4. The Inspector of Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Dindigul , Dindigul District 5.The Additional Public Prosecutor Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 3 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
H.C.P.(MD)No.1412 of 2025 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN
, J.
and R.POORNIMA
, J.
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