New Delhi (NVI): The Supreme Court today took note of the inconvenience caused to commuters due to anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests at Shaheen Bagh and appointed two mediators to convince protesters to lift the road blockade and move it elsewhere.
The Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph passed the order today in the petitions seeking removal of protesters from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and the clearance of Kalindi Kunj road, where anti-CAA protests have been going on for nearly two months.
The top court has asked senior counsel Sanjay Hegde and advocate Sadhana Ramachandran to act as interlocutors and ask the protesters to carry out their demonstrations at an alternative site.
During the hearing, Justice Kaul said, “We are not saying that people don’t have the right to raise their concerns. The question is where to protest? Because if this continues on the roads today for this legislation, tomorrow it could be done for another legislation.”
People have a fundamental right to protest but the thing which is troubling us is blocking of public roads, the bench noted.
