The Karnataka High Court invalidated a November 18, 2025 state notification that authorized district Superintendents of Police to issue externment orders under the Karnataka Police Act, 1963. Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held Section 55 limits that power to Police Commissioners in commissionerates, District Magistrates, or specially empowered Sub‑Divisional Magistrates; the court also quashed a Belagavi SP externment order concerning a Nippani resident.
