High Court orders Maharashtra government to pay ₹2 lakh compensation to activist for illegal arrest
The Bombay High Court declared the 2011 arrest of activist Arun Ferreira illegal and ordered the Maharashtra government to pay ₹2 lakh in compensation. The court criticized the police for procedural violations and infringing on the activist's fundamental rights.
Why it matters
The ruling serves as a judicial check on police conduct and reinforces constitutional protections against arbitrary detention.
Mumbai The Bombay High Court has held the arrest of activist Arun Ferreira in September 2011 on charges of being a member of a Naxal group as illegal and ordered the Maharashtra government to pay him ₹2 lakh as compensation. Ferreira is also an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case. He is presently out on bail in the case. Elgar case: Accused Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira walk out of prison Elgar case: Accused Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira walk out of prison The accused, Activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, are currently lodged in Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai Elgar case: Accused Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira walk out of prison storyline 1 In its October 27 judgment, the Nagpur bench of Justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Raj Wakode came down heavily on the police for branding Ferreira as absconding in the case even though he was in jail since 2007.…
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