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GS-4DISSENT, EXTERNMENT AND PUBLIC ORDER

Bombay HC Quashes Externment Orders Against SDPI Functionaries

Between December 2025 and early 2026, Mumbai Police externed four SDPI functionaries from the city for up to a year each under Sections 56 and 58 of the Maharashtra Police Act, relying on FIRs tied to protests over the Waqf Bill, air pollution and the Babri Masjid demolition. Since March, the Bombay High Court has quashed the orders one by one, with the latest ruling on July 28 setting aside Firoz Khan's externment as…

Sub TopicPREVENTIVE POLICING AS PRIOR RESTRAINT ON POLITICAL…SourceBOMBAY HIGH COURT
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GS-4POLICE OVERREACH AND PERSONAL LIBERTY

Investigate Crime, Not Marriages: Allahabad HC to Police

On July 27, the Allahabad High Court rebuked UP Police for continuing to probe the marriage of a 27-year-old woman and 28-year-old man who wed via Arya Samaj rituals in February after a year-long relationship, despite the couple's repeated assertions that the union was entirely voluntary. The court's order penalizing the police, rather than merely quashing the FIR, marks a sharper judicial stance against law enforcement…

Sub TopicCONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY VS. FAMILIAL CONTROL IN CHOICE…SourceALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
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GS-4UAPA AND PROLONGED PRETRIAL DETENTION

When Twelve Years in Jail Becomes the Sentence Itself

The order highlights a recurring constitutional tension in cases under stringent anti-terror laws like UAPA, where Section 43D(5) sets an unusually high bar for bail. When trials stall for years despite that stringent standard, courts are increasingly asked to decide whether the state's duty to prosecute can justify indefinite detention without a timely verdict.

Sub TopicSTATE'S DUTY TO PROSECUTE VS ARTICLE 21 LIBERTY AFTER…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
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