Supreme Court Judgments
Vijay Kumar Rajpoot alias Vijju
v.
State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.
Key Holding
The Supreme Court held that the mere registration of multiple criminal cases, by itself, cannot justify an order of externment. Externment is an extraordinary measure and requires objective material and a bona fide, informed satisfaction that such an extreme measure is necessary.
The Court also found that the externment order was unsustainable because the required notice and opportunity of hearing had not been given, and the authority lacked power to reopen the previously closed proceedings in the manner it had done.