The utterly disappointing verdict by Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad of the Bombay High Court while dismissing the petition filed by the CPI (M) and the CPI challenging the Mumbai Police’s decision to deny permission for a protest at Azad Maidan against the ongoing conflict in Gaza is an event by itself. It's a waste of time even condemning such an ill considered judgement.
If judicial luminaries at the level of the High Court in one of the most progressive states of the country need to be explained why holding a protest in a democracy is a fundamental right that cannot be compromised under any circumstances, we have lost the battle already. It is shameful for any country to have a judiciary with a rubber spine more so when it concerns a matter of humanitarian crisis of this magnitude and the erosion (extinction) of human rights in India as well. Another nail in the coffin of democracy.
