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Bombay High Court Rejects Blanket Police Detention Ban

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  • Bombay High Court refused a blanket ban on police detentions and ordered case-by-case review.
  • Advocate Sagar Kantilal Devre petitioned that police detained about 600 people on October 10.
  • The same petition alleges an additional 300 detentions on October 11, including women, a mother with child, students and passers-by.
  • The bench adjourned the hearing to Monday and ordered the petitioner to record specific detention examples.