Protest Within 100m Of Admin Block: Delhi HC Holds JNUSU Office-Bearers Guilty Of Willful Contempt Of Court, Slaps Rs 2,000 Fine Each [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held JNU Students’ Union president Geeta Kumari, vice-president Simone Zoya Khan, general secretary Duggirala Srikrishna and joint secretary Shubhanshu Singh guilty of contempt for disobeying the court’s order to not hold any protest within 100 metres of the administrative block or obstruct the movement of JNU officials.Justice V Kameswar Rao held. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held JNU Students’ Union president Geeta Kumari, vice-president Simone Zoya Khan, general secretary Duggirala Srikrishna and joint secretary Shubhanshu Singh guilty of contempt for disobeying the court’s order to not hold any protest within 100 metres of the administrative block or obstruct the movement of JNU officials. The court’s order comes on a contempt petition moved by JNU against the named students for violating high court’s order of August 9, 2017, wherein the students were directed not to assemble, protest, dharna, march, blockade, use of public address system within 100 meters of the Administrative Block and not to stop ingress and egress of the officials to the Administrative Block. The right is maintained beyond a distance of 100 meters that too at Sabarmati lawns only, in a peaceful manner.” He said the order dated August 09, 2017, encompasses the following directions: No protest shall be undertaken by the students within 100m radius of the Administrative Block; The congregation shall be at Sabarmati Lawns and shall be peaceful.
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