When the ASG explained the process for dealing the violation of prohibitory order, the bench questioned why there was delay on the part of the cops to disperse the unlawful assembly of people.
“These are matters of law and order. How did they (people) assemble? Mob is already there and you are allowing the gathering to swell,” the bench said and added that law enforcing agencies should have acted under the legal provision by issuing a command that people should disperse.
“Our concern is when we are empowered to enforce law why did we allow it to happen (unlawful assembly),” the bench said.
When ASG said police generally wait for 45 minutes after the command, the bench declined to accept his explanation and gave an example of the terror strike at World Trade Centre in United States. “In three minutes, the WTC collapsed in US,” the bench said.
