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UP Police Suspends SI Over Notice to Student Protester
A student named Akshat Tripathi joined a protest in Delhi.
Afterward, an official sent him a notice demanding a large personal bond.
The Supreme Court had already said that students involved in the protests should not face penal action.
The court criticized the issuing of the notice.
Uttar Pradesh Police later said sub-inspector Shiva Pandey was suspended for serving it.
Police also said the executive magistrate who issued the notice was not suspended.
Tripathi argued that the notice unfairly targeted peaceful speech and assembly.
He asked the Supreme Court to intervene.
The notice was eventually withdrawn.
Sub-inspector Shiva Pandey was suspended for serving a notice to SFI leader Akshat Tripathi over a July 20 protest.
The notice sought a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties of the same amount.
The Supreme Court had ordered that no action be taken against students in cases linked to the protests.
The court questioned how an executive magistrate could issue the notice after its September 1 order.
The notice was later withdrawn, while the UP Police said the executive magistrate who issued it was not suspended.
- Who
- Sub-inspector Shiva Pandey, student and SFI leader Akshat Tripathi, the Uttar Pradesh Police, and the Supreme Court.
- What
- Shiva Pandey was suspended after serving Tripathi a notice related to his participation in a protest; the notice was later withdrawn.
- Where
- The protest was held at Jantar Mantar, while the notice came from the Executive Magistrate-Third in Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar Commissionerate.
- When
- The protest took place on July 20; the Supreme Court order was issued on September 1, and the suspension was reported on Thursday evening.
- Why
- The UP Police said the suspension was for violating the Supreme Court’s order barring action against students in the protest-related cases.
Student’s position
Police and government position
Legality of the notice
Student’s position
Tripathi said the notice violated the Supreme Court’s September 1 order and constitutional protections for speech and peaceful assembly.
Police and government position
The UP Police said Shiva Pandey was suspended because serving the notice violated the Supreme Court’s order.
Official responsible
Student’s position
Tripathi’s plea identified the Executive Magistrate-Third, Greater Noida, as the authority that issued the notice.
Police and government position
The UP DGP office said the ACP serving as executive magistrate who issued the notice had not been suspended; the suspended official was sub-inspector Shiva Pandey.
Nature of the protest
Student’s position
Tripathi described the proposed Cockroach Janta Party demonstration as peaceful and denied that the notice identified a specific violent act.
Police and government position
The notice alleged that Tripathi was instigating students to join the proposed protest and was spreading anti-government misleading talks.
Key facts
- Suspended official
- Sub-inspector Shiva Pandey
- Student served notice
- Akshat Tripathi, an SFI leader
- Protest date
- July 20
- Protest location
- Jantar Mantar
- Bond demanded
- Rs 5 lakh personal bond, with two sureties of the same amount
- Supreme Court order
- The September 1 order directed that no action be taken against students in the relevant registered cases
- Notice status
- The notice was later withdrawn
Quotes
Tushar Mehta
Solicitor General who represented the government before the Supreme Court
“No penal action against any student: It was a very clear-cut order. The language is very plain. Even a layman can understand. The executive magistrate or district magistrate… cannot violate that order.”
indianexpress.com
“It was not the District Magistrate. It was some other official who has been suspended.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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