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Advocate Files Complaint Over Shivaji Park Protest
A group of activists held a protest at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Friday.
They were protesting the Election Commission and alleged problems with a voter-list review exercise.
Advocate Siddhi Deolekar said the protest went ahead even though permission had been denied.
She filed a complaint at the local police station.
Her complaint names four Cockroach Janata Party activists and others.
Deolekar said court and government restrictions applied to the park.
She argued that the protest challenged those restrictions.
The article does not report a response from the activists or the police.
Advocate and Shivaji Park resident Siddhi Deolekar said she filed a complaint at Shivaji Park Police Station on Friday.
The complaint names Cockroach Janata Party activists Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ratna Singh, among others.
Deolekar alleged the activists proceeded with a protest and gathered a large crowd despite permission being denied.
She cited restrictions linked to a Bombay High Court judgment dated January 4, 2013, and a subsequent Maharashtra government order.
The protest was staged by CJP activists and other civil society groups against the Election Commission and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
- Who
- Advocate Siddhi Deolekar filed a complaint against Cockroach Janata Party activists Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ratna Singh, among others.
- What
- Deolekar alleged that they proceeded with a protest and gathered a large crowd despite permission being denied.
- Where
- Shivaji Park Police Station and Shivaji Park, Mumbai.
- When
- Friday; the article does not specify the date.
- Why
- The protest was against the Election Commission and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision exercise; Deolekar said it defied restrictions.
Complainant's allegation
Protest purpose
Whether the protest defied restrictions
Complainant's allegation
Deolekar alleged that the activists went ahead despite permission being denied and breached court-linked and government restrictions.
Protest purpose
The activists and other civil society groups staged the protest against the Election Commission and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision exercise; the article gives no response from them to the complaint.
Key facts
- Complainant
- Siddhi Deolekar, a resident and advocate
- Police station
- Shivaji Park Police Station
- Named activists
- Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ratna Singh
- Protest location
- Shivaji Park, Mumbai
- Protest issue
- The Election Commission and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision exercise
- Cited court judgment
- Bombay High Court judgment in PIL 116/2009, dated January 4, 2013
- Other cited restriction
- A subsequent Maharashtra government order
Quotes
Siddhi Deolekar
Advocate and Shivaji Park resident who filed the complaint.
“No ideology, no political campaign and no individual is above the Constitution. No one is above the law. This Protest is an Insult to the Hon’ble High Court of Bombay.”
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“This is not ‘peaceful protest’. This is an attempt to defy the law under the cover of a political protest.”
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