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The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the right to protest and express dissent against governments is a fundamental right, but not absolute and also that public places cannot be occupied indefinitely to stage protests and demonstrations. The court also slammed the authorities for failing to disperse protesters who ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely, Live Law reported. The court’s remarks came in connection with the road blockade at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area by protestors opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act.In its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking to have the ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has claimed that the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act were aimed at “undermining the elected government” and disturbing the stability of the country, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday. She also took a potshot at the Congress over its stand on the CAA ...

The Progressive International on Wednesday urged the Narendra Modi government to stop wrongful prosecution of non-violent protestors and expressed concern about the rising arrests of human right activists in India. The international organisation, which aims to unite, organise and mobilise progressive voices, criticised the use of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) ...

Bilkis, an 82-year-old woman who protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood, on Thursday said she was happy to be featured in Time magazine’s list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2020, but said she would have been happier if her demands had been ...

File photo of Indian and US flags. India, she said, is an important global power, the world’s largest democracy, one of the world’s largest economies, and an increasingly important regional security provider and strategic partner of the United States. PTI Last Updated: September 22, 2020, 8:47 PM ...

The Supreme Court said on Monday that there cannot be a “universal policy” on the right to protest, Bar and Bench reported. Referring to protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi, the court reserved its judgement on the aspect of balance between the citizens’ ...

Opposition leaders on Thursday met President Ram Nath Kovind to raise concerns about the Delhi Police’s investigation into the violence that engulfed parts of the city in February.“The leaders impressed upon the President of India that instead of conducting an investigation into the communal violence in which 53 lives ...

NEW DELHIA group of activists in India criticized Delhi police for targeting voices speaking against the controversial citizenship law, claiming “the dissent are being implicated” in the country.The group that issued a statement Wednesday expressed anguish at the “sheer brazenness” with which the Delhi police has turned the investigation ...

The Delhi Police have named Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury, economist Jayati Ghosh, Delhi University professor Apoorvanand, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav and documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy, as people who had “encouraged” the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protestors as part of a plan, The Wire reported on ...