Can't pass blanket orders: Bombay High Court on mass detentions during anti-CEC stir in Mumbai
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No blanket orders can be passed, the Bombay High Court remarked during the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging widespread preventive detentions and alleged police excesses during demonstrations in Mumbai on October 10 and 11, 2026 over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. [Sagar Devre v. State of Maharashtra & Ors]These detentions allegedly took place during demonstrations demanding accountability from Chief Election Commiss