Supreme Court of India

Devu G Nair v. The State of Kerala & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 1273
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 11 March 2024

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Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court, in a habeas corpus petition, was correct in directing the ‘corpus’ to undergo a counselling session with a psychologist; what guidelines should be followed by courts while dealing with habeas corpus petitions or petitions for police protection. Headnotes Constitution of India – Art. 226 – Habeas Corpus petition filed in High Court on the ground that Corpus (also referred to as ‘X’) was being forcibly kept by her parents in their custody whereas she wished to remain with the Appellant – High Court met X and directed counselling with a

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