The Bombay High Court on July 2, 2026, quashed a one-year externment order against SDPI state general secretary Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary that had been based on five FIRs. Justice Madhav Jamdar presided over the hearing. Separate reporting noted six Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction.
“One can’t be externed merely for taking part in agitations and protests against govt: Bombay HC”
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“‘Consider switching sides’: Bombay HC's remarks on ‘horse-trading’ earns praise from Uddhav Sena”
Read at Hindustan Times →Court decision seen as check on state use of externment against minority activists and anti-government protest.
“Judicial protection of dissent versus majoritarian consolidation”
Quashing viewed as judicial shielding of repeat agitators and weakening of public-order tools.
“Executive authority versus procedural technicalities”
Outcome limits preventive geographic restrictions based on speech-related FIRs.
“Individual movement and expression rights versus administrative coercion”
All prior framings overlook the actual legal defects in the order and SDPI's external affiliations.
“Administrative-law analysis versus political signaling”
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