IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
S.MANIKUMAR, CJ, Murali Purushothaman, J
THE TRIVANDRUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenge to unlawful protests (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. public inconvenience due to protests (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. public ways definition and rights (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. enforcement of pedestrian rights (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 5. court's previous orders (Para 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 6. regulatory measures for public roads (Para 14 , 15 , 16) |
JUDGMENT
Dated this the 10th day of April 2023
S.MANIKUMAR, C.J.
In this public interest litigation, petitioners are challenging the unlawful protests, campaigns or such other assembly of people being staged at public spaces meant for public use and thus not designated as "protest zones" or spaces earmarked for such an assembly. Hence the instant petition is filed seeking for directions to the competent among the State and Police authorities to remove unlawful assemblies of people around the Raj Bhavan and State Secretariat areas, Thiruvananthapuram.
2. Reliefs sought for in this writ petition are as follows:
i) Issue a writ of Mandamus or other appropriate Writ, direction or order directing the respondent State authorities as well as the law enforcement agencies including the Police authorities are to formulate and issue guidelines with respect to the earmarking of c
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