India, Nov. 14 -- The Bombay High Court recently set aside a six-month externment order against a cattle trader from Bhiwandi, observing that it was "shocking and surprising" that the Maharashtra government had issued it based on a criminal offence that a division bench of the court had stayed in August 2025.

A single-judge bench of justice Madhav Jamdar also directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs.10,000 to the 39-year-old man in four weeks, noting that his fundamental right to move freely across the country had been affected by the "mala fide action" of the state.

"It is settled legal position that an order of externment is an extraordinary measure and the effect of such an order is of depriving a citizen of his fundamental righ...