Section 144 / 163
18 Dec 2019
- In power
- BJP — Karnataka
- Acted
- Police, Karnataka
- Under
- Section 144 CrPC (Order No. SB/Gu.Va/Prohibition/50/2019 dated 18 December 2019, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City)
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao prohibited assemblies of five or more people and any protest, procession or public meeting in the city from 6 am on 19 December to 12 am on 21 December 2019, citing calls for an all-India bandh against the CAA and NRC. On 13 February 2020 the Karnataka High Court held that the order did not stand the test of judicial scrutiny under the parameters laid down by the Supreme Court in Anuradha Bhasin and Ramlila Maidan, and did not formally set it aside only because the order had worked itself out. [1]
Court: On 13 February 2020 the Karnataka High Court (Chief Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar) held the order illegal. [1]
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The same action under other governments
For each party in power, its most recent section 144 / 163 in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.
- 2026Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam paper leaksIn power: BJP — Delhi Police
- 2018Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest and police firing, May 2018In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
- 2012December 2012 Delhi gang-rape protestsIn power: INC — Delhi Police
- 2007Kalinganagar police firingIn power: BJD — Odisha
- 2007Singur and Nandigram land acquisition protestsIn power: CPI(M) — West Bengal
Sources
- 1Sowmya R Reddy v State of Karnataka, W.P. No. 52731 of 2019 and connected petitionsHigh Court of Karnataka (copy on Indian Kanoon), 13 Feb 2020T2 CourtArchived 10 Sep 2022