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PIL challenges 1960 anti-begging law, says it criminalises poverty

PIL challenges 1960 anti-begging law, says it criminalises poverty
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The Act is violative of constitutional rights, confers wide and unguided discretionary powers on the executive, and permits deprivation of personal liberty through arrest and detention without a constitutionally permissible basis, the PIL says

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