Protest Rights

Rahul Gandhi has criticised the judicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka following a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Calling their imprisonment an act of cowardice, Gandhi said students, young people, journalists and the INDIA bloc were united in demanding their constitutional rights. The controversy has intensified the debate over protest rights and electoral transparency.

The Bombay High Court at Goa ordered the release of seven protesters detained at Azad Maidan in Panaji during a demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. The court observed that the detention may not have been authorised, noting the absence of prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), according to the report.

Rahul Gandhi was detained by Delhi Police for the second consecutive day during an INDIA bloc protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Here is how detention differs from arrest and what legal protections apply to a person taken into police custody.

A political controversy surrounding AISA national president Neha Bora has expanded from her remarks about Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to a wider debate over protest, political criticism and freedom of expression.