Mr. Nisschal Jaain v. Union of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of 33 writ petitions challenging issuance and continuation of Look Out Circulars. The Court distilled governing principles on LOCs and right to travel under Article 21, quashed the impugned LOCs in twenty-nine petitions subject to conditions including intimation before travel, and relegated four petitioners with pending chargesheets to the trial courts.
What did the court decide?
Impugned LOCs set aside and quashed in 29 petitions subject to conditions (48-hour travel intimation, additional disclosure conditions in some); four petitions disposed of relegating petitioners to co