JUDGMENT :

M.S. Ramesh, Sunder Mohan, JJ.

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the 3rd respondent in his office ref S.C.No.24/2023(SC) dated 21.12.2023 against the petitioner's husband Sathiyamoorthi, S/o. Veerasamy, aged about 34 years, at Central Prison, Salem, Salem District, and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.)

1. The Petitioner, wife of the detenu has filed this Petition challenging the order of detention passed by the 3rd respondent against her husband in S.C. No.24/2023 (CS) dated 21.12.2023, branding the detenu as a "BLACK MARKETEER" as contemplated under the provision of Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 (Central Act No.7 of 1980).

2. Even though the learned counsel for the petitioner raised many grounds in assailing the impugned order of detention in the petition, he confined his arguments only to the ground of delay in considering the representation of the detenu, dated 05.01.2024. A