Law on maintenance of public order & tranquility with special emphasis on communal hormony

As the title of book mainly focussed on Maintenance of Public Order and Tranquillity, we must know what is Public Order and Tranquillity. Public Order, has a very wide connotation so as to include public safety in its relation to the maintenance of public order. Public order is the basic need in any organized society. It implies the orderly state of society and community in which citizens can peacefully pursue their normal activities of life. Public order, has been equated with public safety and tranquillity. Each and every breach of tranquillity in a sense would involve breach of public order.

However, the term "tranquillity" means unruffled and undisturbed atmosphere of the public. A person may not be likely to commit a breach of the peace but may disturb the public tranquillity.

Even if "public order and tranquillity" are not entirely co-extensive in content, public tranquillity is at least an essential constituent of "public order". Public order is a comprehensive concept including within itself as one of its integral parts of public tranquillity.

This book is divided into eight parts. Part I deals with introduction. Parts II to VI are confined to law (a) on offences against the Public Tranquillity; (b) on offences relating to religion; (c) on criminal intimidation, insult and annoyance; (d) on security for keeping the peace and for good behaviour, and (e) on public order and tranquillity, respectively. Part VII is dealt with practice and procedure and lastly Part VIII is concerned with appendices on various allied Acts and Rules concerning Public Order and Tranquillity.

In this book, table of cases in alphabetical order is appended at the beginning of the book to point out decided cases referred in this book. An exhaustive subject-index at the end of the book has been appended for tracing desired topics effortlessly.

Attempts have been made to make every part of the book up-to-date. The book makes a thorough probe into the various aspects of law on Public Order and Tranquillity. It is analytical, critical and comparative study of case law and systematic presentation. No pains have been spared and no stone left unturned in making the book a self sufficient treatment of the subject.