Bombay High Court to hear more about Arnab’s habeas corpus plea

The Bombay High Court resumed hearing of the habeas corpus petition moved by Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami challenging his arrest in an abetment to suicide case.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

The Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs for enforcement of any of the fundamental rights conferred by Part III of Indian Constitution under Article 32.

Thus the power to issue writs is primarily a provision made to make available the Right to Constitutional Remedies to every citizen.

There are five types of Writs: Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo warranto.

“Habeas Corpus” is a Latin term which literally means “you may have the body.” The 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.

In September, 2018, the Supreme Court reiterated that writ of habeas corpus can’t filed for a person in police custody ordered by a Magistrate. The Supreme Court bench said that as the custody is awarded by the Magistrate, it cannot be considered unlawful detention.