Shaheen Bagh: A Big Decision Of The Supreme Court

Shaheen Bagh: A big decision of the Supreme Court, said– Democracy can be held in Parliament and on the streets.

The Supreme Court said on Monday that in a parliamentary democracy, there may be protests in Parliament and on the streets, but it should be peaceful on the streets.

There can be no universal policy on protests because circumstances may vary in each case.

The decision on petitions filed against anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh

The apex court bench of Justices SK Kaul, Justice Anirudh Bose and Justice Krishna Murari made the remarks.

While preserving the judgment on the petitions filed against the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests last year in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi.

Fear of the Corona epidemic and compliance with its protocol was subsequently normalized there.

The bench said – a balance has to be established between the right to protest and the blocking of roads

The bench said that there were some circumstances that had come into the scenario and it was not in anyone’s hands. Then God himself intervened.

Taking cognizance of the pleas of lawyers including Shashank Dev Sudhi, the bench said, ‘We have to strike a balance between the right to protest and the blocking of roads.

We have to deal with this issue. There can be no universal policy for this as the circumstances may vary from case to case.

The petitioner said that protests should not have been allowed in the public interest

Amit Sahni, an advocate who filed the petition, said that such protests should not have been allowed in the public interest. It was allowed to continue for over a hundred days and people faced difficulties.

This type of incident should not have happened. There was a blockade in Haryana yesterday. He has also called for a Bharat Bandh on September 24-25.

The Solicitor General said – the right to protest cannot be an absolute right

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Center, said that the right to protest cannot be an absolute right and there are some decisions regarding this.