The Bombay High Court quashed Mumbai Police's externment order, emphasizing that protesting government decisions is a fundamental right protected under the Constitution.
The order was quashed by Justice Madhav Jamdar
Jul 03, 2026
10:49 am
What's the storyThe Bombay High Court has quashed an externment order issued by the Mumbai Police against political activist and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) state general secretary Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary.
The court held that organizing protests against the central government's decisions does not warrant such action.
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Justice Jamdar said that the petitioner could simply switch political sides to get the FIRs against him wiped clean through the…
The bench verbally observed that police officers are accountable to the public and not to ministers.
Bombay HC rules protests against the government do not justify externment orders, upholding citizens' rights to free speech.
The Bombay HC observed the action taken against SDPI's Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary was “malafide”. | India News
The Bombay High Court has overturned an externment order against SDPI leader Saeed Ahmad Chaudhary, who organized protests…
A single-judge bench of Justice Jamdar remarked: “Citizens cannot be made slaves of the central government. Police are not…
