A division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and S B Shukre was hearing a petition yesterday filed by Chandrakant Vannam that he was illegally detained by the Wadala TT police for a day without any case registered against him last year.u00a0

Vannam, a resident of suburban Sion Koliwada, was allegedly detained by the police on September 9, 2012 after his neighbour complained to the police that he was conducting illegal construction in his hutment.