Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 228 · Decided 11 March 2024
Devu G Nair v. The State of Kerala & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 228 · [2024] 3 S.C.R. 1273
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1730/2024
- Decided
- 11 March 2024
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 136
Headnote
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 corpus petitions or petitions for police protection. 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
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