Section 144 / 163

Mar 2007

In power

BJD — Odisha

Acted

State government, Odisha

Under

Section 144 CrPC, as reported by UNI

On 5 January 2007 the Orissa High Court, hearing a petition by a resident whose son died after being stopped at the blockade, directed the state to take effective steps to remove the NH-200 blockade immediately. In early March 2007 the administration imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in the area and mobilised about 35 platoons of armed police. Collector Arabinda Padhi and SP Asit Kumar Panigrahi failed to persuade the protesters on 8 March. The Jan Manch then lifted the blockade from midnight on 8-9 March 2007, citing the High Court order, while saying its opposition to land acquisition would continue. On 9 March state counsel told the High Court that the blockade had been removed. [1][2]

• nearly 35 armed police platoons mobilised, said UNI [1]

Court: On 5 January 2007 the Orissa High Court directed the state to remove the NH-200 blockade at Kalinga Nagar; in its October 2007 judgment it held the blockade to be a breach of public order and directed action on the petitioner's FIR. [2]

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