Multiple choice

A citizen of India is arrested and detained without trial. Which of the following writs should he invoke in the Court to secure freedom?

  1. Quo Warranto

  2. Certiorari

  3. Mandamus

  4. Habeas Corpus

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D Correct answer
Explanation

A writ of habeas corpus is known as "the great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement", being a remedy available to the meanest against the mightiest.