Bhagalpur: Altogether 1,859 people have been identified who might breach peace during Lok Sabha polls in Bhagalpur constituency, whereas 797 have been.
In both cases, the accused weren't supplied with written grounds for arrest when they were taken into custody. While one SC Bench deemed this an 'arbitrary exercise of power', the other upheld it.
The latest was in a ruling on September 4, where a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Dutta underlined that the “pernicious trend prevalent in the state of Telangana” has not escaped the Court’s attention.
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Patna High Court has directed the District Magistrate, Patna to re-evaluate the cancellation of an arms license, stating that the mere existence of a complaint is insufficient grounds for revocation.