Ihave watched several episodes of the series Suits in which US Courts issue Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) being emergency orders often granted ex-parte (without the respondent’s present) in favour of plaintiffs. Celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Ryan Gosling, Harry Styles, Rihanna and Halle Berry have all successfully obtained TROs from the Courts against people/fans who engaged in trespassing, stalking, intimidating them or similar conduct. Most celebrity TROs in the US are granted in response to stalking, harassment, trespassing, and threatening behavior by overly persistent or obsessed fans or individuals.

This raises the important question of why such orders are not commonly issued in India to deal with cases of stalking, harassment or the situation where the applica

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