Nimisha’s mother withdraws petition

Habeas corpus petition not the remedy: HC

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed as withdrawn a petition filed by the mother of Nimisha Fathima, a Keralite woman who is languishing in a jail in Afghanistan, seeking a directive to the Centre to take expeditious steps to repatriate her daughter and granddaughter. When the case came up for hearing, the Bench led by Justice K. Vinod Chandran was of the opinion that the present habeas corpus petition was not the proper remedy available under the law in such matters. The Bench, therefore, asked her counsel to move a writ petition before a single judge. The counsel then withdrew the petition.