Details | The most celebrated Writ in English Law means ‘have his body’. A prerogative writ of highest constitutional importance used to challenge the detention of a person either in official custody or in private hands. The writ of Habeas corpus which is commonly known as the writ of habeas corpus, is a prerogative process for securing the liberty of the subject by affording an effective means of immediate release from unlawful or unjustifiable detention. Govt. of Bangladesh represented by the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, 1981, 33 DLR (AD) 257. |