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Goa High Court orders release of 7 detained protesters
The Indian Express··5d ago
The Bombay High Court at Goa directed police on Sunday night to release seven people detained at Azad Maidan in Panaji during a protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Justices Amit S Jamsandekar and Valmiki Menezes said detention may not have been authorised without BNSS Section 163 prohibitory orders. All seven were released that night.
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What It Means For You
- Released protesters gave an undertaking not to protest at Azad Maidan again on Sunday night.
- The court listed the habeas corpus matter for Monday and allowed optional medical checks at GMC.
- North Goa Collector had rejected the group's October 9 permission application for the gathering.
What's Happening
- Advocates Malisa Zemira Simoes and Rui Gomes Pereira filed the habeas corpus petition.
- Police said the seven entered Azad Maidan after their rally permission was denied.
- Detainees included organizer Amreen Shaikh and Panaji councillor Jack Sukhija, police sources said.
Protest rules at Azad Maidan
- Petitioners said no Section 163 BNSS order barred gatherings at the maidan when police acted.
- The protest was organized by a Cockroach Janta Party affiliate in Goa.
- Executive Magistrate Dattaprasad Toraskar orally instructed police to detain them, the court noted.
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