Bandh Harthal Order
Bandh Harthal Order
COM
1
REPORTABLE
VERSUS
ORDER
his home after being discharged from hospital after surgery on 23 rd May,
Digitally signed by
MAHABIR SINGH
Date: 2017.11.30
15:13:45 IST
agitations accountable and punishable under the criminal law and also
affidavit filed by the Union of India, it is submitted that the process has
Property Act, 1984 in consultation with the Ministry of Law and Justice. A
draft has been prepared and published on the website seeking comments
of the public and other stake-holders. Union of India has also sent a
letter dated 6th May, 2013 to all the States and Union Territories advising
wherein peaceful agitation turns into violent, causing loss of lives and
aid the law and order machinery. He fairly states that there is undoubted
Court took suo motu proceedings to remedy the large scale destruction
of public and private property in agitations, bandhs, hartals and the like.
the leaders and office-bearers of the organisations which call for such
legislation on the subject, issued guidelines to the effect that this Court
or the High Court may take suo motu action, set up a machinery to
by the High Court or by this Court, to assess the claim of the people.
In respect of (I)
In respect of (ii)
In respect of (iii)
8. It was observed that this Court could not issue a direction to make
9. Since no law has been framed even though 8 years have passed
after the matter was dealt with by this Court in the aforesaid judgment,
10. In view of the stand in the counter affidavit and the statement of
learned Attorney General, we do hope that the law now proposed by the
all concerned issues. Learned Attorney General has very fairly stated
that the law may provide for speedy mechanism for criminal liability,
the High Court to deal with such issue either on whole-time basis or on
organisers of the agitation are not before this Court. The petitioner is at
..........................J.
(ADARSH KUMAR GOEL)
............................J.
(UDAY UMESH LALIT)
New Delhi,
November 28, 2017.