The Supreme Court order of September 21, which aims to prevent the usual practice across India of immediately re-arresting people released by the courts, has been long sought judicially and should be welcomed. The measure announced by the Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Anil Chandrukar will go a long way in curbing compulsive police cruelty and their scant respect for the law in what has already become a police raj.

Illegal Rearrest Practice

The police have, over the years, converted a totally illegal practice of rearresting released persons from the court premises into an accepted practice. It makes a mockery of the very process of justice.

The court rightly said, “Once there is a breach of Article........

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