Arrest of activists: Democratic institutions should be robust enough to accommodate opposition says, SC

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme court was hearing submissions in connection with the arrest of five activists in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case when the bench emphasised upon a need to have a distinction between dissenting views and subverting law and order.

The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y.Chandrachud said: “our institutions should be robust enough to accommodate opposition either to the system or even to the this court. We will look at this case with a hawk’s eye.”

The bench also extended till Thursday the house arrest of five activists and lawyers even as the Maharashtra police defended the arrests.

Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha were arrested by Pune police on August 28 in connection with a meeting on the eve of the January 1 violence at Bhima Koregaon.

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