Court rejected ED grounds of 'India's economic interests', said mere familial relation to Bhandari could not justify detaining her. Also pointed out that she wasn't named in any case.
The HC observes that these circulars are being issued 'indiscriminately, without sufficient justification', leading to harassment of individuals & more work for authorities, courts.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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