New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has set aside a look-out circular (LOC) issued against Puja Chadha, niece of fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, ruling that her family ties to him cannot justify curbs on her right to travel.

In doing so, the Court permitted Chadha to travel back to London after being restrained for more than 6 months in India, which involved more than 100 hours of interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The order is the latest instance of the courts pushing back at how investigative agencies use LOCs, a tool that has become increasingly controversial. Show Full Article

A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Dutta was hearing the case of Puja Chadha, a British national, who had come to Delhi in March to visit her mother. Instead, she was stopped at the airp

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