The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against the legality of the Shaheen Bagh protest, saying public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely by protesters.

Shaheen Bagh Case: Public Places, Roads Can't be Occupied Indefinitely, Says Supreme Court

The <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/shaheen-bagh-sc-says-people-have-right-to-protest-but-there-must-be-balancing-factor-281160">Supreme Court </a>on Monday adjourned the hearing in the matter pertaining to the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/road-at-shaheen-bagh-opened-by-group-of-protesters-blocked-again-police-282148">Shaheen Bagh</a> after the interlocutors submitted their report in a sealed cover.

A division bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and also comprising KM Joseph will take up the matter on February 26 after going through the report.

The two Amicus Curiae have submitted their report in a sealed cover to the apex court.

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"We will go through the report," Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said.

The Supreme Court-appointed mediators senior advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran had last week engaged with the anti-CAA protestors for shifting the venue from Shaheen Bagh.

The Supreme Court had last week appointed senior advocates Sanjay Hedge, Sadhana Ramachandran and former bureaucrat Wajahat Habibullah as interlocutors to talk to the protestors here and urge them to clear the road and protest at an alternate site.

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Thousands of people, including a large number of Muslim women, have been staging a sit-in protest at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area since mid-December last year against the CAA and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).

A public interest litigation (PIL) in the matter, filed by Nand Kishore Garg and Amit Sahni through their lawyer Shashank Deo Sudhi, sought appropriate directions to the Centre and others concerned for removal of protestors from Shaheen Bagh near Kalindi Kunj.

The petition seeks appropriate direction to the respondents, including the Centre, for laying down "detailed, comprehensive and exhaustive guidelines relating to outright restrictions for holding protest/agitation" leading to obstruction of the public space.

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the matter pertaining to the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh after the interlocutors submitted their report in a sealed cover.

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the matter pertaining to the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh after the interlocutors submitted their report in a sealed cover. A division bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and also comprising KM Joseph will take up the matter on February 26 after going through the report. The two Amicus Curiae have submitted their report in a sealed cover to the apex court. Also read: Road at Shaheen Bagh opened by group of protesters, blocked again: Police "We will go through the report," Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said. The Supreme Court-appointed mediators senior advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran had last week engaged with the anti-CAA protestors for shifting the venue from Shaheen Bagh. The Supreme Court had last week appointed senior advocates Sanjay Hedge, Sadhana Ramachandran and former bureaucrat Wajahat Habibullah as interlocutors to talk to the protestors here and urge them to clear the road and protest at an alternate site. Also read: Shaheen Bagh: SC says people have right to protest but there must be balancing factor Thousands of people, including a large number of Muslim women, have been staging a sit-in protest at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area since mid-December last year against the CAA and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). A public interest litigation (PIL) in the matter, filed by Nand Kishore Garg and Amit Sahni through their lawyer Shashank Deo Sudhi, sought appropriate directions to the Centre and others concerned for removal of protestors from Shaheen Bagh near Kalindi Kunj. The petition seeks appropriate direction to the respondents, including the Centre, for laying down "detailed, comprehensive and exhaustive guidelines relating to outright restrictions for holding protest/agitation" leading to obstruction of the public space.

Supreme Court adjourns Shaheen Bagh matter to February 26 after interlocutors submit report

Firing continues against the ongoing Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests in the capital Delhi. In a third such incident, a gunshot was fired again outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi on Sunday night. Two suspects of firing, one of whom was wearing a red jacket, came on a scooter and fired outside gate number 5. The Jamia Coordination Committee, which is participating in the protest against the amended citizenship law, said no one was injured in the incident.

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