SC rejects plea seeking clarification of its 2020 verdict on Shaheen Bagh protest

Delhi | Monday | 24th January, 2022

Summary:

New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking clarifications in its 2020 verdict by which it had held that public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely and demonstrations expressing dissent have to be in designated places alone.

While deciding pleas against the occupation of public ways in the anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh, a bench headed by Justice S K Kaul, on October 7, 2020, had said that the democracy and dissent “go hand in hand”, but the right to protest and express dissent are there with an obligation towards certain duties.

“The issue is over, why is it listed.

What is the clarification sought.

I do not understand...

The whole issue is over...