Sri Chowkala Brahmaiah at Naga Brahmaiah,Guntur,and Anr. v. for the State of a.P.,Home,Hyd.,and 3 Otrs.
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh, in a batch of over 60 writ petitions, declared A.P. Police Standing Orders Chapter-37 void as it permits opening rowdy sheets without law. Consequently, all such sheets were quashed, and police were restrained from summoning chiefs or keeping surveillance based on them until law is enacted.
What did the court decide?
All rowdy sheets/suspect sheets/history sheets are closed; police cannot summon, harass, or keep surveillance on petitioners based on these sheets.