Bail Condition Restraining Political Activities Violates Fundamental Rights, Can't Be Imposed : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently ruled that requiring a politician to abstain from engaging in political activities as a condition for granting bail would violate fundamental rights. In a case titled Siba Shankar Das vs State of Odisha and another, a bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta overturned a bail condition imposed by the Orissa High Court, which prohibited a politician...