The Delhi High Court allowed the seminar on fascism, but with a condition News Jani

The Delhi High Court on Saturday rejected the Delhi Police’s order to hold a seminar on “Understanding Fascism in the Context of Contemporary India”, with Justice Tushar Rao Gadila asking both the police and the organizers to conduct a peaceful seminar. Cooperate for

However, he also asked the organizers of the seminar to provide the personal details (addresses, identity cards etc.) of the 10 speakers and other invitees to the Delhi Police before holding the event.

2 day seminar from March 12

A 2-day national seminar organized by Bharat Bachau, a gathering of scholars, social activists, lawyers and politicians, will now be held here at Harkshan Singh Surjit Bhavan from March 12.

The petitioners, Ged Anna Reddy and Dr Mundri Francis Gopinath, who represented the collective, had challenged the March 9 order of the Delhi Police. In his application, he argued that details of the incident were shared with the police more than a month ago on January 24, but the police kept him hanging and finally refused permission just two days ago.

He also said that similar seminars have been held at several places, including one in Rajasthan on February 5, and no untoward incident has occurred as feared by the Delhi Police.

Why is Delhi Police against the seminar?

The petitioners said the seminar would be attended by eminent speakers who would “express their views on issues concerning the society at large”.

The Delhi Police argued that the information provided in the application was not available to them, prompting them to refuse permission for the event fearing any “accident”.

Dismissing the police plea, Justice Gadila said, “The petitioner has assured and stated that there will be no reason for any untoward incident as far as the organizing committee and the participants are concerned.”