Politics · India · 7 hrs ago
Neha Bora challenges Delhi Police peace-bond notice in High Court
AISA president Neha Bora has challenged a Delhi Police notice in the Delhi High Court.
The notice asked her to appear before a special executive magistrate and explain why she should not sign a ₹10,000 bond, with a surety, to keep the peace.
Police said the notice followed her raising the national flag without permission, while her lawyer argued that citizens do not need permission to hoist it.
Bora was detained on October 16 while heading to join a march called “Lehra Do Tiranga” and was released the next day.
Her petition asks the court to cancel the notice and tell police not to take coercive action against her.
The police have questioned whether her petition can be heard, while Bora’s lawyer says her protest activity was peaceful.
The court is due to give its decision at 6 p.m.
Friday, according to one account of the hearing.
AISA president Neha Bora challenged a Delhi Police notice in the Delhi High Court, arguing that citizens do not need permission to hoist the national flag.
The notice asked her to appear before a Special Executive Magistrate and explain why she should not sign a personal bond of Rs 10,000 to keep the peace.
Bora has asked the court to quash the notice and direct police not to take coercive action against her.
Delhi Police questioned whether her petition could be heard.
India TV Hindi reported that the hearing concluded and the court would deliver its decision on Friday at 6 p.m.
- Who
- AISA president Neha Bora challenged the notice. Delhi Police opposed her petition.
- What
- Bora asked the court to quash a notice requiring her to show cause why she should not sign a peace bond.
- When
- She challenged it on October 22, 2026. The court was expected to rule Friday at 6 p.m.
- Where
- The Delhi High Court.
- Why
- The notice followed her involvement in a protest and alleged that she had hoisted the national flag without permission. Her lawyer argued that permission was not required.
Neha Bora
Delhi Police
Basis for the notice
Neha Bora
Bora’s lawyer said citizens do not need permission to hoist the national flag and argued her protests were peaceful.
Delhi Police
Police issued the notice under BNSS Section 126 and argued that a threat to public peace need not involve the likelihood of a conventional crime.
Petition
Neha Bora
Bora asked the court to quash the notice and prevent coercive action.
Delhi Police
Police’s lawyer questioned whether the petition was maintainable.
Bora’s lawyer said a press conference was held at the Press Club.
A social media post called for people to meet at Mandi House, and Bora was taken into preventive detention while on her way to a march.
Police issued the peace-bond notice, and Bora was released from the police station.
The notice required Bora to appear before the Special Executive Magistrate and show cause.
Bora challenged the notice in the Delhi High Court.
India TV Hindi reported that the court was expected to deliver its decision at 6 p.m.
- Petitioner
- Neha Bora, president of the All India Students' Association
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Bond sought
- Rs 10,000 with one surety
- Legal provision
- Section 126 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Notice date
- October 17, 2026
- Hearing judge
- Justice Subramonium Prasad
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What people are saying
We don't need permission to hoist the national flag.
They need a class on law.