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On Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered a groundbreaking judgment that reshapes how police carry out arrests across the country.

The highest court declared that everyone taken into police custody must be handed written reasons explaining why they are being arrested.

This pivotal ruling emerged during the Supreme Court’s hearing of the high-profile 2024 Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case.

No one can be arrested without being given written grounds of arrest by the police, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, November 6. In a landmark verdict, the top court has ruled that every person arrested must be furnished with written grounds of arrest in a language they can read, regardless of the offence for which they are being booked.

“The failure to supply such grounds in a l

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