Supreme Court Clarifies Limits on Preventive Banishment Powers Under SC/ST Act and Externment Laws: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on 31 August 2026 delivered an important judgment in Vijay Kumar Rajpoot alias Vijju versus State of Chhattisgarh & Ors., concerning the legality of an externment order passed under the Chhattisgarh Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990. The Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu held that an externment order cannot be sustained when the mandatory requirement of notice and hearing is ignored and when…
