A) The Supreme Court
B) The High Court
C) The Supreme Court and the High Court
D) Lower Courts
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
In Indian constitution, the power to issue a writ of 'Habeas Corpus' is vested only in the supreme court and the High court. A writ of habeas corpus is a writ (court order) that requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. The principle of habeas corpus ensures that a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention?that is, detention lacking sufficient cause or evidence. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to the prisoner's aid. This right originated in the English legal system, and is now available in many nations. It has historically been an important legal instrument safeguarding individual freedom against arbitrary state action.
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