Priors
Singur and Nandigram land acquisition protests

Section 144 / 163

30 Nov 2006

In power
CPI(M) — West Bengal
Acted
State government, West Bengal
Under
Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC were promulgated for the area under Singur police station in four successive orders that ran from 30 November 2006 to 28 January 2007. On 1 December the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation began fencing the 997-acre plot for Tata Motors in the presence of a large police deployment. UNI reported that about 600 protesters gathered nearby and were stopped from advancing. [2][3][1]

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The same action under other governments

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  1. 2026Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam paper leaksIn power: BJP — Delhi Police
  2. 2018Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest and police firing, May 2018In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
  3. 2012December 2012 Delhi gang-rape protestsIn power: INC — Delhi Police
  4. 2007Kalinganagar police firingIn power: BJD — Odisha

Sources

  1. 1Singur demarcation continues amid heavy securityUNI via Oneindia, 1 Dec 2006T5 Secondary
  2. 2Ganesh Chakraborty and Ors v State of West Bengal and OrsCalcutta High Court via Indian Kanoon, 14 Feb 2007T2 Court
  3. 3Singur fencing beginsThe Telegraph (Kolkata), Samarpan Dutta and Uttam Dutta, 2 Dec 2006T4 ReportArchived 29 Jun 2018