SYNOPSIS

On 23-6-2010 a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court comprising of Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair and Justice P.S. Gopinathan while disposing of a Writ Petition filed in public interest, banned the holding of meetings and rallies on public roads and road margins thereby ensuring accident-free and uninterrupted traffic along such roads. On 26-6-2010 in a meeting organized in Kannur town in protest against the hike of fuel prices, the respondent M.V. Jayarajan, a non practicing Advocate ill-informed in law and a politician belonging to the C.P.I. (Marxist) Party, made a public speech. The speech was widely covered by the print and visual media. During the course of the speech he reacted vigorously against the High Court verdict and declared that the people throughout Kerala were openly disobeying the verdict by holding meetings and rallies on the roads and road margins. He asked that when such court verdicts have only the value of grass what worth do the Judges who pronounced the verdict have and why should those Judges sit in glass houses and pass verdicts any more. He remarked that if those Judges have any self respect they should resign and step down from the