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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 25187

L.Victoria Gowri, J
S.Prabhu – Appellant
Versus
The District Collector, Theni District, Theni – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.S.Prabhu (Party in person)
For the Respondents: Mr.M.Sakthi Kumar, Mr.M.Muthumanikkam

Table of Content
1. challenging rejection of peaceful protest permission. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
2. public order considerations regarding protest location. (Para 11 , 12 , 19)
3. boundaries and regulations of protest rights asserted. (Para 15 , 16 , 24 , 29)
4. dismissal of petition due to unreasonable insistence on location. (Para 25 , 30 , 31)

ORDER

Preface:

This writ petition presents an unusual prayer, where the petitioner, appearing as party-in-person, seeks to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to challenge an order rd of the 3 respondent police refusing permission to conduct a daily “Ahimsa Path” from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, purportedly until the end of the “World War”.

2. The petitioner styles his proposed activity as a peaceful protest intended to advance the cause of non-violence and world peace. According to him, such protest is an exercise of his fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and his right to assemble peacefully without arms. The grievance projected in the writ petition is that the 3rd respondent, by the impugned proceedings dated 09.03.2026, denied him permission to conduct such protest

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