High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Criminal Writ Petitions Challenging Externment Orders Under Section 56 of Goa Police Act, 1869 — Orders Quashed for Violation of Natural Justice and Lack of Material. The court held that externment orders must be based on specific instances, subjective satisfaction, and consideration of less drastic remedies, and failure to do so renders them void....
The judgment concerns a batch of criminal writ petitions filed by individuals challenging externment orders passed against them under Section 56 of the Goa Police Act, 1869 by the Deputy Collector and...
