Case Law Analysis
|Calcutta High Court
Article 19(1)(b) | Administrative Delay Cannot Justify Denial of Peaceful Assembly; Calcutta HC Mandates Reasoned Alternatives
Calcutta High Court ruled that bureaucratic delays and offering non-equivalent alternative venues violate the right to peaceful assembly under Article 19(1)(b). The court directed authorities to permit a sit-in demonstration at Hazra More, emphasizing that constitutional rights cannot be diluted by procedural inaction or arbitrary alternatives.