[Letter to SV Raju]

Summary

This one-page English letter, dated 30 November 1976, is from G.S.S. Sivaji to S. V. Raju, Private Secretary to M. R. Masani. Sivaji explains that his father, Goutthu Latchanna, has been under preventive detention since 26 June 1975 and is currently an inpatient at Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad. He encloses notice relating to his father’s criminal appeal before the Supreme Court of India and a letter confirming a telegram sent to the Court’s Registrar.

Key points

• G.S.S. Sivaji writes from Hyderabad on 30 November 1976 regarding his detained father, Goutthu Latchanna.
• Latchanna had been under detention since 26 June 1975 and was being treated at Osmania General Hospital.
• The letter refers to Supreme Court criminal appeal No. 414 of 1976 and an accompanying telegram to the Court’s Registrar.
• Sivaji fears that the Supreme Court may neither order Latchanna’s production before the Court nor adjourn the case.
• The letter criticizes a recent Supreme Court judgment concerning the availability of writ remedies to persons detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.
• Sivaji asks S. V. Raju to approach Minoo Masani and arrange suitable legal action, including the appearance of Nani Palkhivala.
• The document foregrounds preventive detention, access to judicial remedies, and the need for senior legal representation.