{"id":236890,"date":"2020-10-07T19:34:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=236890"},"modified":"2020-10-09T10:41:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T05:11:12","slug":"shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>: The 3-judge bench of SK Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari, JJ has, in the Shaheen Bagh protests matter, held that while there exists the right to peaceful protest against a legislation, public ways and public spaces cannot be occupied in such a manner and that too indefinitely.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cDemocracy and dissent go hand in hand, but then the demonstrations expressing dissent have to be in designated places alone. The present case was not even one of protests taking place in an undesignated area, but was a blockage of a public way which caused grave inconvenience to commuters. We cannot accept the plea of the applicants that an indeterminable number of people can assemble whenever they choose to protest.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>EVENTS LEADING TO THIS ORDER<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed last year which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Parsi communities who came to the country from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The passage of CAA led to nationwide protests calling the CAA and the National Register of Citizens discriminatory. A women led protest 24\/7 sit-in protest was also initiated in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi.<\/li>\n<li>The Shaheen Bagh protest resulted in the closure of the Kalindi Kunj Shaheen Bagh stretch, including the Okhla underpass from 15.12.2019. It was submitted that the public roads could not be permitted to be encroached upon in this manner and, thus, a direction be issued to clear the same.<\/li>\n<li>When the law enforcement authorities were control the protests and traffic, the Supreme Court opted for an \u2018out of box\u2019 solution and appointed Senior Advocate Sanjay R. Hegde and mediator trainer Sadhana Ramachandran as interlocutors.<\/li>\n<li>The interlocutors made appreciable effort and submitted a report on 24.02.2020 which highlighted that the nature of demands was very wide and that it did look difficult to find a middle path towards at least facilitating the opening of the blocked public way. The interlocutors did their best, but their efforts could not fructify into success, although the number of people at protest site had eventually diminished.<\/li>\n<li>The second report suggested that<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The views reflected in private conversations with the protestors were somewhat different from the public statements made to the media and to the protesting crowd in attendance.<\/li>\n<li>While the women protestors had sat in protest inside the tent, there was a huge periphery comprising mainly of male protestors, volunteers and bystanders who all seemed to have a stake in the continuance of the blockade of the road.<\/li>\n<li>It appeared that an absence of leadership guiding the protest and the presence of various groups of protesters had resulted in many influencers who were acting possibly at cross-purposes with each other.<\/li>\n<li>Thus, the Shaheen Bagh protest perhaps no longer remained the sole and empowering voice of women, who also appeared to no longer have the ability to call off the protest themselves. There was also the possibility of the protestors not fully realising the ramifications of the pandemic, coupled with a general unwillingness to relocate to another site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>With the advent of COVID-19 Pandemic, greater wisdom prevailed over the protestors at the Shaheen Bagh site and the site was cleared. On this, the Court noticed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cThus, really speaking, the reliefs in the present proceedings have worked themselves out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>WHAT THE COURT SAID ON THE RIGHTS OF THE\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>PROTESTERS<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cIndia, as we know it today, traces its foundation back to when the seeds of protest during our freedom struggle were sown deep, to eventually flower into a democracy. What must be kept in mind, however, is that the erstwhile mode and manner of dissent against colonial rule cannot be equated with dissent in a self-ruled democracy.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court noticed that the Constitutional scheme comes with the right to protest and express dissent, but with an obligation towards certain duties. Article 19, one of the cornerstones of the Constitution of India, confers upon its citizens two treasured rights, i.e.,<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>the right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a)<\/li>\n<li>the right to assemble peacefully without arms under Article 19(1)(b).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These rights, in cohesion, enable every citizen to assemble peacefully and protest against the actions or inactions of the State. The same must be respected and encouraged by the State, for the strength of a democracy such as ours lies in the same. These rights are subject to reasonable restrictions, which, inter alia, pertain to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India and public order, and to the regulation by the concerned police authorities in this regard.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cEach fundamental right, be it of an individual or of a class, does not exist in isolation and has to be balanced with every other contrasting right. It was in this respect, that in this case, an attempt was made by us to reach a solution where the rights of protestors were to be balanced with that of commuters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noticing that in this age of technology and the internet, social movements around the world have swiftly integrated digital connectivity into their toolkit; be it for organising, publicity or effective communication, the Court said that technology, however, in a near paradoxical manner, works to both empower digitally fuelled movements and at the same time, contributes to their apparent weaknesses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cThe ability to scale up quickly, for example, using digital infrastructure has empowered movements to embrace their often-leaderless aspirations and evade usual restrictions of censorship; however, the flip side to this is that social media channels are often fraught with danger and can lead to the creation of highly polarised environments, which often see parallel conversations running with no constructive outcome evident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court said that both these scenarios were witnessed in Shaheen Bagh, which started out as a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, gained momentum across cities to become a movement of solidarity for the women and their cause, <strong><em>but came with its fair share of chinks &#8211; as has been opined by the interlocutors and caused inconvenience of commuters<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>WHAT THE COURT SAID ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cThe courts adjudicate the legality of the actions and are not meant to give shoulder to the administration to fire their guns from.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In what manner the administration should act is their responsibility and they should not hide behind the court orders or seek support therefrom for carrying out their administrative functions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court noticed that in the present case, unfortunately, despite a lapse of a considerable period of time, there was neither any negotiations nor any action by the administration, thus warranting our intervention. \u00a0It concluded with the following words:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cWe only hope that such a situation does not arise in the future and protests are subject to the legal position as enunciated above, with some sympathy and dialogue, but are not permitted to get out of hand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Amit Sahni v. Commissioner of Police, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/21auR76g\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine SC 808<\/b><\/a>, decided on 07.10.2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Each fundamental right, be it of an individual or of a class, does not exist in isolation and has to be balanced with every other contrasting right.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":154914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[38967,38876,3268,39721,30827,43718,39540,43719],"class_list":["post-236890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-caa","tag-citizenship-amendment-act","tag-Fundamental_Rights","tag-obstruction-of-roads","tag-protests","tag-right-to-protest","tag-shaheen-bagh","tag-shaheen-bagh-protests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Each fundamental right, be it of an individual or of a class, does not exist in isolation and has to be balanced with every other contrasting right.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-07T14:04:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-09T05:11:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/\",\"name\":\"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-07T14:04:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-09T05:11:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\",\"name\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\"},\"description\":\"Senior Associate Editor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC","og_description":"\"Each fundamental right, be it of an individual or of a class, does not exist in isolation and has to be balanced with every other contrasting right.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2020-10-07T14:04:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-09T05:11:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Prachi Bhardwaj","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/","name":"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-07T14:04:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-09T05:11:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/07\/shaheen-bagh-protests-democracy-and-dissent-go-hand-in-hand-but-public-spaces-cannot-be-occupied-indefinitely-for-expressing-dissent-sc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942","name":"Prachi Bhardwaj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","caption":"Prachi Bhardwaj"},"description":"Senior Associate Editor","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":225386,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/10\/citizenship-amendment-act-row-sc-observes-that-shaheen-bagh-protesters-cant-block-public-roads-indefinitely-but-refuses-to-pass-any-interim-order\/","url_meta":{"origin":236890,"position":0},"title":"Citizenship (Amendment) Act Row| SC observes that Shaheen Bagh protesters can&#8217;t block public roads indefinitely but refuses to pass any interim order","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"February 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court:\u00a0A bench of SK Kaul and KM Joseph has said that the protesters at Shaheen Bagh cannot block public road and create inconvenience for others. Issuing notice to Delhi Government & Delhi Police, the Court posted the matter on February 17, 2020 and said, \"Protest has been going on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":225423,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/10\/shaheen-bagh-infant-death-sc-issues-notice-to-centre-delhi-govt-over-participation-of-infants-children-in-protests\/","url_meta":{"origin":236890,"position":1},"title":"Shaheen Bagh infant death| SC issues notice to Centre &#038; Delhi Govt over participation of infants &#038; children in protests","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"February 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde has issued a notice to Centre and Delhi government asking it to respond to the death of an infant who was taken to Shaheen Bagh, the venue of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the national capital. The Court took\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":226113,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/24\/citizenship-amendment-act-row-shaheen-bagh-protest-interlocutors-submit-report-matter-to-be-heard-on-feb-26\/","url_meta":{"origin":236890,"position":2},"title":"Citizenship (Amendment) Act Row| Shaheen Bagh Protest interlocutors submit report; Matter to be heard on Feb 26","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"February 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A bench of SK Kaul and KM Joseph, JJ has adjourned the hearing in the matter pertaining to the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh after the interlocutors submitted their report in a sealed cover. The Court will now take up the matter on February\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":225303,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/07\/citizenship-amendment-act-row-plea-against-shaheen-bagh-protests-to-be-heard-on-february-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":236890,"position":3},"title":"Citizenship (Amendment) Act Row| Plea against Shaheen Bagh protests to be heard on February 10","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"February 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A bench of SK Kaul and KM Joseph has said that it would take up on Monday the two PILs seeking directions to the Central government for laying down guidelines relating to restrictions for holding protests leading to obstruction to public places. After advocate Shashank Deo Sudhi said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":226221,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/26\/citizenship-amendment-act-row-shaheen-bagh-protest-issue-to-be-heard-on-march-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":236890,"position":4},"title":"Citizenship (Amendment) Act Row| Shaheen Bagh protest issue to be heard on March 23","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"February 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A bench of SK Kaul and KM Joseph has adjourned March 23 hearing on pleas seeking removal of the crowd protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh area in the national capital. The bench said that it had to look into the road closure issue.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":226349,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/28\/caa-protests-delhi-hc-issues-notice-to-centre-delhi-govt-for-clearance-of-roads-blocked-by-protesters\/","url_meta":{"origin":236890,"position":5},"title":"[CAA Protests] Delhi HC issues notice to Centre &#038; Delhi Govt. for clearance of roads blocked by protesters","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"February 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As reported by ANI, A Division bench comprising of DN Patel CJ and C Harishanka, J. of Delhi High Court have issued a notice with regard to the identification and clearance of the roads that have been blocked by the protesters while protesting against the new Citizenship Law. The petition\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}