Multiple choice

Directions: Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using the codes given below:

Assertion (A): The writ of Habeas Corpus can be granted to enable the detainee to argue his case in person. Reason (R): Because R Vs. Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Wynne (1992) decided so.

  1. (A) and (R) are right and (R) is the right reason for (A).

  2. (A) is right, but (R) is wrong.

  3. (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.

  4. Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
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Explanation

A writ of habeas corpus is a court order to a person or agency holding someone in custody to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order, this writ cannot be granted to enable the detainee to argue his case in person. No such view was held in R vs. Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Wynne (1992).

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