'Every Lawyer Has Right To Be Part Of Peaceful Protests': CJI Surya Kant Amid Protests Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday said that every lawyer has the right to participate in peaceful protests, while hearing a mentioning concerning the detention of lawyers and alleged police excesses during protests in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission of India (ECI).Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentioned the matter before the CJI-led bench, alleging that lawyers had been subjected to police action during the protests and that there was no order under Section 163 BNSS available in the public domain.He said that the bench should ask the police to exercise restraint. Sankaranarayanan submitted :"This is with reference to the protests and that there is no S.163 order available at all in the public domain. We have challenged the vires also of one section. At a time when our Senior Advocates being dragged through streets, physically Mr Farasat was dragged through streets.