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.
Are you sure?
Two hundred percent!
Ok mam. Thank you.
Excellent move sir!
How did you come across it?
We can't just win by filing a Habeas corpus in this case.
What we immediately need is Kuppusamy's daughter- Vennila's recent photo.
Ok sir. Then I'll go to mental asylum and try to get some leads.
Ok. Go ahead.
Hello...
Is it Aruna?
Yeah, who is this?
That's not important.
You should stop whatever that you're doing for that nobody.
I didn't get it.
You should've, Aruna!
You're a lawyer now, you should've understood.
Since you're a girl, you should feel safe to move around.
Also think about your parents at home.
Who are you to speak about me and my mother.
You should always listen to good advice, Aruna.
Your elders should've taught you.
- Still behaving like a small girl. - Hey, hang up you idiot.
"Sengathir Institute of mental health"
Sir...
I spoke to you on that day.
While Kuppusamy was here, did anybody came and visited him?
Do you have any records?
Nobody came to visit him
Madam... madam...
Just a minute, I forgot to mention something.
- Yes tell me. - Few years back, a guy named Selvam visited Kuppusamy.
Selvam?
Yes, he has given his address.
Okay fine.
Okay madam.
Hey Sundaramoorthy!
It's been a long time, how are you?
I'm fine sir.
So you often come to the court?
I'm coming regularly however you might miss me in the crowd.
Don't ask. I always rushing like a person on roller skates.
I have to catch a flight once I'm done with a case in Madras sessions court.
Then I have meet a client in Madurai.
Then off to Mumbai... Day after tomorrow, I have to be back here.
So that's how it's for me.
So it's not like person on roller skates but like a person with wings.
You're good with words.
If you've spoke like this in court, you could've bought two cars like this.
No sir.
My colony streets are too narrow for such a car.
Ok, see you then.
- Bye. - Bye sir.
Sir, this is lakshmi nagar?
Yes...
Do you know anyone named Selvam?
Tell me, I'm Selvam.
Item number 1, HCP no 355 of 2025
Mr. Viswanathan, how come you drop at a HCP hearing?
You may proceed now.
Thank you my lords.
While this honourable court has granted liberty to the petitioners...
to file the present HCP under Article 226
Based on the article, though this case has been approved as Habeas corpus petition...
this case doesn't have any basic evidence and....
is setup on a cooked up story, which is what I would like to underline.
This case is not filed for an unlawful detention or...
for an illegal custody.
Instead, a person called Kuppusamy...
before setting himself on fire, in the honourable high court premises...
verbally claimed that his daughter is missing and based on the sole information...
our petitioner, a renowned notary public, Mr. Sundaramoorthy has filed this case.
I have serious objection my lords.
Vennila has not gone missing, she's abducted.
When your turn comes, please talk.
Sorry your honour.
Thank you my lords.
For a Habeas corpus case to be valid...
it should be an unlawful detention or disappearance and should have prima facie evidence.
that is, first evidence or basic evidence should be there.
No FIR has been registered under section 154 of CrPC.
No complaint was ever filed by Mr. Kuppusamy, under section 156/3 of CrPC
There is no report of the missing person.
Under section 161 CrPC - there is no eye witness or relatives statement.
Even to prove the existence of a girl named Vennila...
there is neither a school certificate nor a community certificate, not even a photo of the person.
So on what basis should this case be proceeded?
Above all, Kuppusamy was a mentally ill person.
The credibility of his statement is highly doubtful.
My lords, this is an allegation based on an imaginary story of a mentally ill person
and should we waste this court's time on this case?
If so, our honourable court will become a drama theater.
Now let's have a look at the petitioner- Mr. Sundaramoorthy.
How is he related to this incident?
He has no locus standi.
that is, does he have the legal right to file this case?
Is this honourable court going to entertain his publicity stunt?
So I humbly request your lordships to dismiss this baseless petition.
Sir...
Yes...
Sir, actually Vennila went missing twenty years back.
- Are you sure? - Yes sir.
- He became mentally ill after she went missing. - Sundaramoorthy...
Sundaramoorthy...
Mr. Sundaramoorthy...
Mr. SUNDARAMOORTHY!
Sir!
My lords...
Sir... sir...
Sir...
- Sir, are you alright? - Hey, go and check him.
- Sir... - What happened?
- Sir... - Sir...
Sir... Get some water...