Section 144 / 163

4 Feb 2007

In power

CPI(M) — West Bengal

Acted

State government, West Bengal

Under

Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Chandernagore promulgated a fifth Section 144 order for the Singur police station area, effective until midnight of 14 February 2007. It prohibited meetings, rallies, processions, demonstrations and squatting, and cited a police report of damage to the fencing and attacks on police. UNI reported that on 5 February police blocked entry points to Hooghly district to stop Mamata Banerjee from holding a rally at Singur. [2][1]

Court: On 14 February 2007 the Calcutta High Court (Dipankar Datta J) quashed the order, holding that it was passed before the police report reached the magistrate and was an act of executive highhandedness that unreasonably restricted Article 19 rights. [2]

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