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GS-4PREVENTIVE DETENTION VS PRESS FREEDOM

He Was Allegedly 500 km From the Riot He Was Detained For - And the Evidence Proving It Was Never Shown to the Authority That Detained Him

A division bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Achal Sachdev sought replies from the Union of India, Uttar Pradesh and the Noida district magistrate on Verma's petition, posting the matter for October 7. The case matters because it follows the same bench's recent quashing of a co-detenue's identically worded NSA order arising from the same protest - raising the question of whether this was a pattern, not an isolated lapse.

Sub TopicNSA MISUSE AND THE LIMITS OF SUBJECTIVE SATISFACTIONSourceINDIAN EXPRESS, TIMES OF INDIA…
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GS-4CREDITOR RECOVERY RIGHTS VS DEBTOR DIGNITY

The Court Called It "Goondaism" - But the Real Question Is Why RBI's Own Rules Went Unenforced for 23 Years

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe ruled on an appeal by a truck owner whose commercial vehicle, financed by Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, was forcibly repossessed without notice. The Court held this violated both RBI's Fair Practices Code and the 2007 Prakash Kaur precedent banning "goonda" tactics in loan recovery, awarded compensation and directed RBI to ensure its guidelines are actually…

Sub TopicCONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY IN PRIVATE CONTRACTUAL RECOVERYSourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, INDIAN…
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