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PETITIONER: HARI KHEMU GAWALI
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,BOMBAY AND ANOTHER.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/05/1956
BENCH: SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. BENCH: SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. MUKHERJEE, BIJAN KR. (CJ) JAGANNADHADAS, B. AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA IMAM, SYED JAFFER
CITATION: 1956 AIR 559 1956 SCR 506
ACT: Bombay Police Act, 1951 (Bombay Act XXII of 1951), s. 57-- Constitutional validity-Restrictions on individual right to reside in and move freely in any part of India- Reasonableness-Order of externment-Grounds of the order- Validity-Sufficiency of evidence on which the order is made- Whether can be examined by the Court-Constitution of India, Art. 19(1)(d), (e) and (5).
HEADNOTE: Section 57, of the Bombay Police Act, 1951 provides that if a person has been convicted of certain offences detailed therein, "the Commissioner, the District Magistrate or the Sub-Divisional Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf, if he has reason to believe that such person is likely again to engage himself in the commission of an offence similar to that for which he was convicted, may direct such person to remove himself outside the area within the local limits of his jurisdiction, by such route and within su...