Road blockade: HC directs CPI(M) leaders to look earlier than it in contempt of courtroom case

The High Court of Kerala has directed 4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leaders from Kannur, the Station House Officer involved, and the District Police Chief (Kannur) to look earlier than it on October 6 in reference to a contempt of courtroom case associated to a protest assembly held in Kannur on February 25, when a busy street was blocked, necessitating site visitors diversion.

The leaders who ought to look in individual are M.V. Jayarajan, E.P. Jayarajan, P. Jayarajan, and Ok.V. Sumesh, MLA. The petitioner, N. Prakash of Ernakulam, appeared in individual earlier than the courtroom within the contempt of courtroom case.

The case pertains to the respondents and others occupying Kargil Yogasala four-lane freeway in Kannur by organising a pandal close to the Head Post Office, whereas chairs have been organized in the midst of the street. Traffic by the busy street was subsequently diverted from the morning.

The petitioner submitted that regardless of the disruption of the busy route, the police and the opposite authorities involved remained mute spectators and didn’t intervene.

A Division Bench of Justice Anil Ok. Narendran and Muralee Krishna S. mentioned that the holding of agitations and demonstrations by political events and different organisations usually hindered free motion of pedestrians by footpaths and vehicular site visitors by public roads. “This has gone to the extent of holding such agitations after laying carpet and inserting chairs on the footpaths and public roads. Having thought of the preliminary arguments of the petitioner who appeared in individual and the discovered Additional Advocate General, we’re glad that the petitioner has made out a prima facie case for ordering discover to the respondents for contempt of courtroom,” the courtroom mentioned.