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2026Q1(v)The State Judiciary: The High Courts
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Mr. Anand has been illegally detained by the police, and his family has not been able to meet him. The family members have approached the High Court for help. Which writ will the court issue in this case?

Topic: Writs

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(a) Habeas Corpus.

Explanation

Habeas Corpus means "you may have the body". The court orders the detaining authority to produce the detained person before it and to justify the detention; if it cannot, the person is set free. That is exactly the remedy for illegal detention. Learn the five writs by their situation: Habeas Corpus for unlawful detention, Mandamus ("we command") to make an authority do its duty, Prohibition to stop a lower court exceeding its jurisdiction, Quo Warranto ("by what authority") to question a person holding a public office, and Certiorari to transfer a case to a higher court.

In words

Habeas Corpus.

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