Hearing petitions seeking the removal of anti-CAA protesters from Shaheen Bagh, the Supreme Court said protesters cannot block public road and create inconvenience for others. The next date of hearing is February 17.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Centre, Delhi Government and police on pleas seeking removal of protesters from Shaheen Bagh. The apex court said the protesters at Shaheen Bagh cannot block a public road and create inconvenience for others.
The development comes after the top court said that it would hear the pleas seeking removal of anti-CAA protestors from Shaheen Bagh on February 10. The apex court said this keeping in view the ongoing Delhi Assembly Election 2020 as it did not want to influence the polls.
Protesters who are protesting for over a month against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh in a welcoming gesture gave way to Hindu funeral procession.
Long queues continue at Shaheen Bagh as people turn out in large numbers to vote in the Delhi assembly election 2020.
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How Shaheen Bagh became the center point of Delhi elections
Shaheen Bagh Firing: Saket court in New Delhi on Thursday extended the police custody of Shaheen Bagh firing accused Kapil Gujjar by 2 days. Kapil Gujjar was taken into custody by Delhi Police after he fired two gunshots in the air at Shaheen Bagh where protesters are demanding a repeal of Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The firing took place on February 1.
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said that he is ready to debate even on Shaheen Bagh with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said on Wednesday that the majority community has to remain vigilant or else Mughal rule will return to the country.
Shaheen Bagh may be turned into Jallianwala Bagh post-Delhi election, said Owaisi adding that the central government may resort to using force to evacuate the place where anti-CAA protests are taking place.
Shaheen Bagh, Khureji Khas and Hauz Rani are some of the sites in the city where protesters are opposing the amended citizenship law. The protesters said they will help the authorities in conducting peaceful polls in the national capital, police said.
The Election Commission on Wednesday wrote to Delhi Commissioner of Police over "undesirable statements" by Rajesh Deo, DCP Crime Branch.
Political analyst Gunja Kapoor was extricated by police after protestors at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh alleged that she was wearing a 'burqa' and filming them.
A woman YouTuber donning a burqa was detained on Wednesday at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh after anti-CAA protesters caught her asking "too many questions", police said.
The Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said on Tuesday his party will file a complaint with the Election Commission and send a legal notice to Crime Branch DCP Rajesh Deo after he claimed that the gunman who fired shots in Shaheen Bagh on February 1 was a member of AAP.
Soon after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Tuesday, Samir Dwivedi, the son of senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi, lost no time in bashing the Shaheen Bagh blockade.
Never has any road in the history of electoral politics became so central as has Road No 13A connecting Delhi's Sarita Vihar and Badarpur with Noida, passing through Shaheen Bagh in Delhi.
Kapil Gujjar, the man who fired near the anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh, was a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). According to the Crime Branch sources, Gujjar and his father became members of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's AAP
The Election Commission on Tuesday named IPS officer Rajender Prasad Meena to take charge as DCP, Southeast Delhi, immediately and that a compliance report along with his taking charge report be sent to it.
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