Supreme Court of India

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan v. The Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 586
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 23 July 2018

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, it not only restricts entry/exit of the res idents from their respective residences but also, at times, permits access to the residents only by foot due to complete stoppage of vehicles.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Constitution of India: Arts. 32, 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b) – Right to protest – Ri ght to assemble peaceably and without arms – Writ petition s seeking quashing of the repeated imposition of police order u/s. 144 Cr.P. . by which Central Delhi area declared as prohibited area for holding public meetings, dharna, peaceful protests; quashing of the order of NGT prohibiting/banning demonstrations at Jantar Mantar road; and issuance of writ of mandamus laying down the gui delines for holding public meetings, dharnas – Held: Right of peo ple to hold peaceful protests and demonstrations etc. is a fund

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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