Sattamum Needhiyum (சட்டமும் நீதியும்)

Kuppusamy sir, you look like a devotee now!

I'm leaving today.

I'm going to meet my daughter.

- Oh, you got discharged today? - Yes!

Do you adore your daughter?

Yeah, she's my life.

I've to start now, if I continue this conversation I'll be late.

Look at your hurry!

I'll come soon.

Oh my bad, I shouldn't have told that.

I shall leave then.

- Did he mention where he was going? - No mam.

He mentioned that he's to meet his daughter.

However he didn't mention where is he off to.

How many days was he here?

Days? He was here for the past twenty-twenty two years.

Do you have any info about his address, wife, relatives etc.

I don't know madam.

Nobody visited him after getting admitted.

May I leave?

Yeah

- Sir... - Yes...

Can I get details of a patient named Kuppusamy.

Kuppusamy!?

He was discharged around a month back.

Let me check...

- The patient's name was Kuppusamy, right? - Yes.

Sir...

I checked their records, they don't have much info about him.

Wife's name is Valli and daughter's name is Vennila

That's the only available information.

I think we're done now.

I relied on the statement of a mentally unstable person and filed a case.

They're telling that he was cured.

He's not mentally ill.

Even if he is...

he has all the rights to register a complaint that his daughter's missing

If we find his family, we'll get all the answers.

That's all fine...

However, if a person with a history of mental instability...

even if he has fully recovered...

the government and cops will not be judged responsible for his suicide...

and easily dismiss the case.

If the opposition comes to know about it, it'll be humiliating for us.

Driver, we can leave now.

Come, let's move.

- Is it done? - Yes sir.

How much is it?

50 Rs sir.

Keep the change.

Thanks sir.

Next hearing coming tuesday.

- Will next week be fine for you? - Ok sir.

Next hearing, 27th March.

Thank you my lords.

Item number WP 1043 of 2025

Sundaramoorthy vs State of Tamilnadu and others

My lords, with your kind permission...

I wish to raise a preliminary objection

The person named Kuppusamy mentioned in the petition...

I'm not sure if his real name is Kuppusamy.

It's a pity that he died.

However it's doubtful that if this can considered as a Public Interest Litigation.

The state submits that the PIL is based on unverified details and emotional conjecture.

There are no proofs of the deceased person.

There are no proofs to prove his accusation.

There are no FIR, no physical description...

and no formal complaints in police records.

So this PIL is not maintainable under Article 226.

That's all my lords!

What do you want to say counsel?

My lords, I agree with the arguments of public prosecutor.

There are no records available about the people involved in the case...

or about the incident.

However, this is the core issue associated with this case.

That's all my lords.

A poor guy committed suicide by setting himself on fire in the court premises.

It's not for any political party or for a political leader.

But for justice.

To seek the justice that he was denied.

In this same place, inorder to find his missing daughter...

he screamed his lungs out and gave up his life.

Are we going to move on as if nothing happened.

I agree that.

Although your PIL raises serious concerns, there should facts to support it.

You can't proceed a case with emotions Mr. Sundaramoorthy.

My lords, this case goes beyond public interest...

and sheds light on a serious issue.

The fundamental freedom of an Indian female citizen!

More than the deceased Kuppusamy...

the bigger question is about the condition of his daughter- Vennila

What happened to her?

For her fundamental freedom and security,

this high court and its constitution are in a position of taking responsibility.

Under the Indian constitution's same section of 226

I humbly request you to grant permission so that this case

should be inquired as a Habeas corpus petition...

I think the counsel has a valid point!

I object this my lords.

There is no evidence to prove that the girl is missing.

Without any relatives how can Habeas corpus petition be...

for that... you have the authority to grant liberty, my lordships.

This court should be the voice of people who no one wants to listen to

I present this as a request.

We accept the counsel's argument.

The court is inclined to grant liberty to Habeas corpus petition

Under the constitution of India's section 226/1...

this court grants permission to change the case into a Habeas corpus petition.

- Obliged lordships - Thank you lords!

The registry directed to number, the HCP petition filed by the petitioner

and list the matters day after tomorrow.

- Thank you my lords. - Thank you my lords.

Mam, please withdraw this case.

What happened, you're withdrawing the case?

While filing itself I knew that this won't stand in court.

I have to file a Habeas corpus.