Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J., held that Police Commissioner to decide whether peace protest and demonstration under the banner of IPOB and #Black Lives Matter, at Uttar Pradesh Bhawan building can be held or not.
Present Petition was filed inter-alia praying for the following reliefs:
- Direct respondents to allow the petitioner to hold police peace protest and demonstration under the banner of IPOB and #Black Lives Matter, at Uttar Pradesh Bhawan building on 23rd June, 2020or any date immediately thereafter against the illegal detention of the two members of the IPOB
- Direct respondent 2 to allow peaceful protest and demonstration at Uttar Pradesh Bhawan and make appropriate arrangement for the participants and allow relatives and advocates of illegally detained members of IPOB to meet them.
- Direct respondents to produce before the Court all documents related to illegal detention of two members of IPOB.
- Pass an order Directing the respondent Delhi Police as well as MHA to take appropriate Decision allowing the Peaceful protest.
With regard to illegal detention of two IPOB members, Court stated that it does not have the territorial jurisdiction to entertain such prayers.
With regard to peaceful protest, respondent 1 is directed to consider the contents of the petition as a representation of petitioner for seeking permission for the said purpose. Within 3 days a decision shall be communicated to the person concerned.
In view of the above terms, petition was disposed of. [Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) v. Commr. of Police, 2020 SCC OnLine Del 656 , decided on 19-06-2020]