The right to protest is not unlimited

-Shaheen Bagh protesters slapped by Supreme Court

-We will tell you the limits

New Delhi on 22nd September 2020 Tuesday

The Supreme Court said that the right to protest on any issue cannot be unlimited. There is a limit to everything.

In January-February this year, hundreds of women from the minority community in the Shaheen Bagh area of ​​the capital New Delhi staged a sit-in protest against the new Citizenship Act (CAA) and the NCR. Due to this, vehicles traveling from Delhi to Noida had to suffer. School buses in particular had more trouble.

The issue of traffic obstruction was raised in the petition challenging these demonstrations. Protesters' lawyers argued that we have a fundamental right to protest. The apex court rejected the argument, saying that the right to protest or any other right could not be unlimited. There is a limit to everything.

A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kisan Kaul, Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Krishna Murari said that no right is one hundred percent fulfilled. Parliamentary democracy has the right to debate. Peaceful protests are acceptable. Democracy has the right to protest but no area can be closed for long in the name of that right. Vehicle transactions cannot be interrupted for long.

Protesters in Shaheen Bagh were accused of blocking the main road and blocking traffic. The central government also agreed to protest peacefully but a major road was blocked for a long time in Shaheen Bagh.