# KALAYATHY vs The Additional Chief Secretary to Government,

Court: madras High Court
Date: 2026-07-17
Citation: 2026/MHC/2836
Petitioner: KALAYATHY
Respondent: The Additional Chief Secretary to Government,

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

2026:MHC:2836 HCP No. 2756 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 17-07-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN HCP No. 2756 of 2025 Kalayathy W/o. Manikandan, No.199, Swimming Pool, Huts Area, A Block, Back Side, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai - 600 030. ..Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009. 2. The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Vepery, Greater Chennai, Chennai - 600 007. 3. The Inspector of Police, V-3, J.J Nagar Police Station, Chennai District. 4. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai. ..Respondent(s) Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus or any other appropriate writ order or direction to produce the body of the detenu by name Thiru. Manikandan @ Thiruttu Manikandan, aged 31, Son of Murugesan presently confined at Central Puzhal, Chennai before this Hon’ble Court and set him at liberty forthwith, after calling for the records pertaining to the detention order dated 10.11.2025 made in No.916/BBCDEFGISSS

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