Delhi High Court asks police to consider alternate venue for bank unions protest

…to Jantar Mantar can be provided to the United Forum of Bank Unions, Delhi State, for holding a protest seeking a five-day work week, improved pension benefits, and resolution of long-pending service-related issues. “ They are saying give them some other place. They can’t be coming to court for this ,” a bench of justice Amit Mahajan said. “The respondents are directed to consider the petitioner’s request for an alternative site for holding peaceful demonstration”, he added. The court passed the order while hearing…

…They further submitted that, as part of their agitation programme, they proposed to hold a three-day strike from September 28 to September 30, according to its August 27 request, but have not received any response. “ The right to peaceful assembly and holding dharnas/ demonstrations is a crucial aspect of the right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1) (a). Non grant of permission to hold peaceful dharna/ demonstration by the respondents is violative of the fundamental right of the petitioner enshrined under Article 19(1)(a) and (b) of the Constitution of India ,” the petition stated.…