Question

Explain about Habeas Corpus

Answer 1

Answer:

The literal meaning of habeas corpus is "You shall have the body"—that is, the judge must have the person charged with a crime brought into the courtroom to hear what he's been charged with.

Answer 2

Habeas Corpus :-

• Means “to have the body of”

• Issued to a person or jailer or an authority who has illegally detained another person in jail to produce the detainee before the court.

• Issued in order to let the court know on what grounds he has been confi ned and justify the ‘day  and cause’ of his detention.

• It is the most effective means to check the arbitrary arrest by any executive authority and protect individual liberty.

• Habeas Corpus is a prerogative writ; available to all aggrieved persons alike. The aggrieved person or any other person on the behalf of aggrieved can approach the court for the issuance of this writ.

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