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Youtuber Savukku Shankar case: Madras High Court quashes ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act

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Dismiss plea against ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s detention under Goondas Act, Chennai Police Commissioner urges Madras High Court

YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s mother has filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his detention under the Goondas Act even before the Home Secretary could refer the matter to the Advisory Board for its opinion and therefore, the petition must be dismissed, Greater Chennai City Commissioner of Police Sandeep Rai Rathore, has contended before the Madras High Court. In …

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench

The Greater Chennai City Police on Thursday, June 6, 2024, filed a sub application before the Madras High Court claiming that Justice G. Jayachandran had agreed with the view taken by Justice P.B. Balaji, in a habeas corpus petition filed against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act, and therefore, the case must now be referred …

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Madras high court on Friday delivered a split verdict in the case of whistleblower-turned-YouTuber Savukku Shankar where justice G R Swaminathan quashed his detention under the Goondas Act while justice P B Balaji differed. Both judges were of the opinion that he must be shifted out of the Coimbatore because Shankar’s mother had filed another habeas corpus petition complaining that …

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on the legality of the detention of jailed YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar under the Goondas Act in the wake of his arrest in five different cases including the ones relating to denigrating women police personnel in an interview and possession of ganja. Justice GR Swaminathan, who was presiding the division …

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention | Madras High Court orders production of entire file

Savukku Shankar’s mother moves High Court challenging his detention under Goondas Act

The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act of 1982 is probably the only law with such a long title. The Madras High Court is flooded with habeas corpus petitions challenging the detention orders passed under the Goondas …

Villupuram Collector C. Palani has ordered the detention of Maruvur Raja, 38, a DMK functionary under the Goondas Act. The Collector ordered his detention under the Goondas Act based on a request from Kallakurichi Superintendent of Police N. Mohanraj holding additional charge of Villupuram district. Shanmugam, while speaking to reporters in Villupuram shortly after news reports of Marakkanam hooch tragedy …

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

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 …