(With inputs from agencies)

PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court on Monday ordered the removal of hoardings put up by Uttar Pradesh government, with names, addresses and photos of those who were accused of violence during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act .The court directed DM and commissioner of Lucknow Division to ensure removal of posters of alleged CAA protestors forthwith. The court directed them to file compliance report by March 16, 2020.This decision was given by a division bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha.On Sunday, the court had reserved verdict in the case. Taking suo moto cognizance of a public interest litigation on the issue the high court in an unprecedented sitting on Sunday, a court holiday, termed the act of putting up photos of protesters as "unjust".Lawyer KK Rai had said that the court has observed that the act is an encroachment into a citizen's right to privacy."The court observed that the government could do something to rectify it," he had further said.On Thursday, the district administration installed hoardings with photographs and addresses of 53 anti-CAA protesters at prominent crossings across the city.The hoardings included pictures of Shia cleric Maulana Saif Abbas, former IPS officer SR Darapuri and Congress leader Sadaf Jafar, all of whom were named as accused in the violence that swept the state capital on December 19 last year.