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Section 144 CrPC:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Internal security related issues.   What is it? This colonial-era law, which has been retained in the Code, empowers a district magistrate, a sub-divisional magistrate, or any other executive magistrate empowered by the state government, to issue orders to prevent and address urgent cases of apprehended danger or nuisance. The …

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Topics Covered:Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability. Section 144 CrPC What to study? For Prelims: What is Section 144? Who and why it is imposed? Implications? For Mains: Concerns, challenges and ways to address them. Context: “Section 144 CrPC” was recently widely invoked by police forces across the country in order to contain the …

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