You cannot curb right to protest: HC

Hyderabad | Wednesday | 19th September, 2018

Summary:

more-inIf people stage protest demonstrations at ‘Dharna Chowk’ near Indira Park causing inconvenience to others, the administrators have power to impose restrictions as per law. A person would be helpless if he or she cannot have the right to protest, the bench observed. “However, you cannot curb the right to speech by not allowing protests there,” the Hyderabad High Court said on Tuesday. Referring to the government action, the CJ drew a parallel with the erection of mobile phone signal towers in the city. The counsel for the petitioner C.

Damoder Reddy presented to the bench that Dharna Chowk used to be the place where people gathered to register their protest against government policies..