Shaheen Bagh: The Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking the removal of protesters sitting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area. The court has decided to hear a petition filed on behalf of several people, including lawyer and social activist Amit Sahni. The petition has demanded the opening of the closed passage of Shaheen Bagh. In addition, the petitioner has demanded that the entire issue be monitored by a retired Supreme Court judge or an existing judge of the High Court to prevent violence.


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A bench of Supreme Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph will hear it. In fact, thousands of people have been sitting on Road Number 13A (Mathura Road to Kalindi Kunj) since December 2019 in Shaheen Bagh in protest against the Civil Amendment Act. This main road connects Delhi to Noida, Faridabad and millions of people use this road daily.

The petition was also filed in the High Court

Let us tell that by filing a PIL on behalf of Sahni in the Delhi High Court on January 13, it was demanded that the protesters sitting on the road in Shaheen Bagh should be removed, because of this the common people are facing a lot of problems. This not only keeps people stuck in jams for many hours, but fuel wastage and pollution are also increasing continuously.

On his petition, the High Court had directed the Delhi Police to take the above actions keeping in mind the wide public interest and also maintaining the law and order. The High Court had directed that the police have jurisdiction to maintain law and order and they should take steps in this regard while maintaining law and order.

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Delhi Police appealed to protesters

The Delhi Police then appealed to the protesters to withdraw from the road, but they did not agree and are persistent. After this, advocate Amit Sahni, while moving the apex court, filed a special leave petition. This petition has primarily stated that it is a fundamental right for any citizen to perform and it cannot be denied in a democratic setup, but the protesters have no right to perform at their own place so that the lives of millions of people are affected.

Such a demonstration cannot affect the right of common people to pass through the road and no such demonstration can be allowed to continue indefinitely. Therefore, it was demanded from the apex court that the common public should get rid of the problem.