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Delhi: Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran — mediators appointed by Supreme Court speak to the protesters at Shah… https://t.co/NtjseTtnzM — ANI (@ANI) 1582104907000

NEW DELHI: Senior advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran , mediators appointed by the Supreme Court to engage with the anti-CAA protesters about shifting the venue from Shaheen Bagh , visited the protest site on Wednesday."We met them and listened to them. We asked them if they want us to come back tomorrow as it's not possible to complete the talks in one day. They said they want us to come back tomorrow, so we will," Ramachandran told media here.Shaheen Bagh protests live updatesWhile interacting with the anti-CAA protestors at, Ramachandran said that their right to protest should not affect the right of others to use public road and services."The Supreme Court has said that you have the right to protest. The law (CAA) has been challenged in the Supreme Court. But like us, others too have their rights, like the right to use roads, open their shops, students reaching their schools. Your right to protest should not affect the right of others to use these services," Ramachandran said atWajahat Habibullah, a former bureaucrat who was also appointed by the Supreme Court to engage with the protesters, said that he will meet the other interlocutors."I am going to meet SC-appointed interlocutors today. We will discuss in detail about what to do and how to do it. The main issue is that people should not suffer due to the protests at Shaheen Bagh," Habibullah said.The Supreme Court had on Monday appointed senior lawyers Sanjay Hegde and Sadhna Ramachandran and former chief information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah to go and talk to protesters at Shaheen Bagh area to convince them to hold the agitation at an alternative site.The apex court has fixed the matter for further hearing on February 24.The Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi had lately gained nationwide attention due to a continued anti-CAA sit-in by people, especially Muslim women, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register and National Register of Citizens.The PIL, filed by Nand Kishore Garg and Amit Sahni through their lawyer Shashank Deo Sudhi earlier last week, sought appropriate directions to the Centre and others for removal of protesters from Shaheen Bagh near Kalindi Kunj.It stated that people in Shaheen Bagh are illegally protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, by blocking the common and public road connecting Delhi to Noida.The petition seeks appropriate direction to the respondents, including the Union of India (UOI) for laying down detailed, comprehensive and exhaustive guidelines relating to outright restrictions for holding protest/agitation leading to obstruction of the public place.