Bombay High Court quashes Mumbai Police externment order against SDPI members
The Bombay High Court on July 29, 2026 quashed a one-year externment order issued by Mumbai Police against two Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) functionaries, Firoz Abdul Wahab Khan and Mohammad Rafiq Gulam Rasul Ansari. The order, effective from December 3, 2025, was based on three FIRs related to protests against the Waqf Bill, air pollution from a cement factory, and the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Justice Madhav Jamdar ruled that the FIRs pertained only to sloganeering with no harm to public or property, and that stating 'Babri Masjid should not have been demolished' is not anti-national. The court noted the externment order curbed fundamental rights to free movement and expression, and questioned why selective action was taken against the petitioners, suggesting religious targeting. The state had argued the petitioners had links to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), which the petitioners denied.
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