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New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has held that an externment order, restricting the movement of an individual, cannot be used to deprive people of their liberty and right to livelihood on totally unsubstantiated grounds.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed that the ‘externment order’ is an extraordinary measure limiting and restricting the movement of an individual and such orders “must not be made in a mechanical manner".

“While it cannot be overlooked that an onerous task of maintaining law and order and peace in society, rests on the police, but at the same time, it cannot be used to deprive persons of their liberty and right to livelihood, on the grounds which are totally unsubstantiated," the judge said in an order passed on October 10.

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