Two Women Kept In Illegal Detention For 128 Days, Madras High Court Awards Rs 5L Compensation
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Two Women Kept In Illegal Detention For 128 Days, Madras High Court Awards Rs 5L Compensation

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The Madras High Court recently directed the State to pay Rs five lakh compensation each to two women who were unauthorisedly kept in preventive detention for more than four months. "The sequence of events in the case on hand reveals beyond any doubt that it is a classic case of bureaucratic lethargy and slumber, which has played a lot in depriving the personal liberty of a citizen guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India," said the division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice AD Jagdish Chandira. 14 of 1964, the court said the state government was required to revoke the detention order and release the person forthwith after Advisory Board's opinion. After the two women, Muthulakshmi and Sathiya, were detained as Bootleggers, their families had moved the Madras High Court by way of habeas corpus petitions alleging that they were kept in illegal detention.

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HC directs State to pay compensation to man for illegal detention
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HC directs State to pay compensation to man for illegal detention

The Hindu  

Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the State to pay a compensation of ₹50,000 to a man from Dindigul district for illegal detention. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed that there was absolutely no explanation as to why there was a delay and the period during which the petitioner was detained clearly constituted illegal detention. The court observed …

Tamil Nadu Govt Misusing Preventive Detention Laws, Will Order State To Pay Compensation Whenever Detention Is Found Frivolous: Madras High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu Govt Misusing Preventive Detention Laws, Will Order State To Pay Compensation Whenever Detention Is Found Frivolous: Madras High Court

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Expressing shock over Tamil Nadu government's abuse of preventive detention laws, the Madras High Court has said that it will impose costs on the State whenever a preventive detention order is found to be illegal. The division bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Anand Venkatesh gave the ruling in two habeas corpus petitions filed by relatives of the detenues …

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