2011 INSC 0471
                             SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                               Bhanwari Devi @ Bhonri Devi

                                                Vs.

                             Secr.,Deptt.of Home Affairs,Govt.

                                     C.A.No.3222 of 2011

                           (Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph JJ.)

                                           11.04.2011

                                             ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. We had issued notice on the limited point as to whether the cost of Rs.30,000/-
imposed on the appellants by the High Court was justified upon dismissal of the
appellants' Habeas Corpus Petition.

3. Having heard learned counsel for the respective parties and also having perused
the impugned judgment and the final order of the High Court, we are of the view
that a woman's anxiety to trace out her husband even if he is declared dead on the
ground that he had not been seen for seven years, should not have been met with
such a harsh condition.

4. Accordingly, we allow the appeal to the extent that cost of Rs.30,000/- imposed
by the High Court, is hereby set aside.

5. The appeal is allowed in the above terms.

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