Indian Politics Questions

• The Habeas Corpus writ is issued to produce a person who has been detained, whether in prison or in private custody, before a court and to release him if such detention is found illegal.

• The right to habeas corpus has been used by the Indian judiciary effectively only in order to secure the release of a person from illegal detention.

• If the detained person is unable to seek the writ of habeas corpus, someone else mayact so on his behalf.

1) G.V. Mavalankar (1952-56)

2) M.A. Ayyangar (1956-57 & 1957-62)

3) Hukam Singh (1962-67)

4) N. Sanjiva Reddy (1967-69)

5) Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1969-1971 & 1971-1975)

6) Bali Ram Bhagat (19976-77)

7) K.S. Hegde (1977-80)

8) Balram Jakhar (1980-1984 & 1984-1989)

9) Rabi Ray (1989-91)

10) Shivraj Patil (1991-96)

11) P.A. Sangma (1996-98)

12) G.M.C. Balayogi (1998-99 & 1999-2002)

 13) Manohar Joshi (2002-04)

14) Somnath Chatterjee (2004-09)

15) Meira Kumar (2009-14)

16) Sumitra Mahajan (2014-19)

17) Om Birla (2019 -)

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