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VIJAYAWADA: The division bench of Andhra Pradesh Excessive Court docket headed by Chief Justice Prasanth Kumar Mishra on Tuesday refused to increase trip bench order suspending GO 1. The division bench of Chief Justice Mishra and Justice DVSS Somayajulu continued listening to of the attraction filed by the State authorities difficult the holiday bench order suspending the GO 1, which was introduced by the federal government prohibiting public conferences on highways and roads.
The division bench heard the petitions filed by TDP chief Kollu Ravindra, PCC chief Gidugu Rudraraju, BJP chief Kanna Lakshminarayana and others.Arguing on behalf of the petitioners, counsels Jandyala Ravishankar, Siddharth Luthra and others stated that there was no want of issuing a GO when the federal government can regulate public assembly by invoking Part 30 of the Police Act.
They stated the stampedes wouldn’t have taken place if the police had taken sufficient measures. “It’s unjust to offer permissions for public conferences by imposing situations. There shouldn’t be a state of affairs the place political events should stage dharnas and roadshows on the mercy of the federal government.”
The counsels knowledgeable the courtroom that no political celebration or particular person questioned the round issued by the then Director Normal of Police within the aftermath of stampede at actor-turned-politician Okay Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Occasion assembly in 2008. CPI secretary Okay Ramakrishna’s counsel N Aswini Kumar stated that they should file the petition earlier than the holiday bench because the GO was usurping the rights of the residents.
Referring to situations imposed on TDP basic secretary Nara Lokesh’s scheduled padayatra, Kollu Ravindra’s counsel Siddharth Luthra stated the situations expose the style through which the federal government was attempting to impede the Opposition events.The counsel stated the police have even imposed a situation that banners and flexis can’t be put in.
He knowledgeable the courtroom that when YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was the Opposition chief in 2017, the then DGP had accorded permission to his yatra and had additionally supplied bandobast.The counsel stated two days after the issuance of GO 1, the police stopped Opposition chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s tour of Kuppam. He additionally knowledgeable the courtroom that the police are closing down the outlets on each side of the street by means of which the Chief Minister is travelling and banners and flexies are erected in every single place.
Advocate basic S Sriram reiterated that there was no ban on public conferences however the GO was issued to control visitors on roads and highways.After listening to all sides, the division bench stated it might challenge orders inside every week.When the counsel representing TDP sought extension of suspension of the GO, the division bench refused.