Chennai, May 21 -- The Madras High Court on Wednesday officially closed the habeas corpus petition challenging the preventive detention of YouTuber and political commentator Savukku Shankar under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act.

The court rendered the plea infructuous after taking note of the state government's decision to revoke the detention order.

A vacation bench was set to take up the challenge to Shankar's detention when the state's decision to revoke the order rendered further judicial intervention unnecessary.

The Tamil Nadu Goondas Act empowers the state government to detain a person for up to 12 months without placing them before a court or establishing guilt through trial. The detaining authority -- typically a police commissione...