SC gives a leg-up for free speech
Krishnadas Rajagopal - NEW DELHI
In a victory for free speech, the Supreme Court on Monday lifted the ban on organising protests at the iconic Jantar Mantar Road and the Boat Club at India Gate in the national capital.
Every individual or group, whether they are a minority or poor or marginalised, have the right to express their dissent to government policies and fight their social circumstances. It is their right to fight at a location within hearing dis tance of the power centres. All that is required of them is to protest in an orderly and peaceful manner, the apex court held.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned protests on the Jantar Mantar Road in October 2017.
The Delhi police were repeatedly promulgating prohibitory orders, thus effectively sealing Central Delhi against dissenters. Protesters were given the option of distant Ramlila Maidan at Old Delhi – “too far away” from the Parliament House, North and South Block, Central Vista Lawns.
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