Look-Out Circular Is A Coercive Measure, Has Adverse Consequences: Andhra Pradesh HC Says Authorities Should Apply Mind Before Issuing LOCs

Justice Subba Reddy Satti of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a Look-Out Circular (LOC) is a coercive measure that certainly has adverse civil consequences inasmuch as it makes “a person surrender and consequentially interferes with his right to personal liberty and free movement.”The Court further held that the issuing authority should apply its mind to the facts of each...