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N PUBLIC INTEREST Narasimhan Vijayaraghavan
by Sekar Reporter · Published March 25, 2022
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The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.VAIDYANATHAN and The Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA H.C.P. No.297 of 2022. While it is the duty of the court to see that any individual, who crosses the boundaries carved out by law is dealt appropriately, it is also the foremost duty of the courts to uphold the dignity of personal liberty. Taking cue from the above judgements and having found that the detenue has been kept in illegal detention for 128 days, we direct the State to pay a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- to the detenue Tmt. Muthulakshmi w/o Thiru. Manokaran residing at North Nalliyanthottam, Velipalayam & post, Velipalayam police station limit, Nagapattinam taluk, Nagapattinam District, to the detenue towards compensation within 6 weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and such amount can be adjusted towards any amount which may be awarded to the detenue by way of damages in the event of the detenue filing any Civil Suit. With the above observation and direction, the Habeas Corpus Petition is closed. (S.V.N.,J.) (A.D.J.C.,J.) 21.09.2022 Index: Yes/No ssk. To: The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. The District Collector and District Magistrate, O/o.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam. The Superintendent of Police, Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam. The Superintendent, Special Prison for Women, Tiruchirappalli. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras. S.VAIDYANATHAN, J., and A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J., ssk. P.D. ORDER IN H.C.P. No.297 of 2022 Delivered on 21.09.2022
by Sekar Reporter · Published September 23, 2022
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The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu Government on a petition, challenging the March 16 order of the Madras High Court, refusing to allow an application filed by a teenager accused of seeking to compound the offence of rape. The high court held that offences under the POCSO Act were non-compoundable.
by Sekar Reporter · Published March 29, 2021