Q. Which writ is called bulwork of individual liberty against arbitrary detention?
Solution:
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Habeas corpus is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.
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The writ of habeas corpus is known as the “great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement”.
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