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Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India & Ors.

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Bench N.V. Ramana, R. Subhash Reddy and B.R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 10 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, ‘law and order’, ‘public order’ and ‘security of State’ are distinct legal standards and the Magistrate must tailor the restrictions depending on the nature of the situation.

Judgment, page 83

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 144 – Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Service) Rules, 2017 – Exemption from production of orders passed u/s. 144 Cr. P. . and under the suspension Rules by the Government – Claim of – Various Authorities passed orders restricting the movement and communication in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, however, the orders were not placed before the Court – Held: There are two separate types of reasoning that mandate the production of the orders passed by the authorities – First, Art. 19 of the Constitution mandate right to…

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to · 8 mentioned

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