Withdraw recovery notices against anti-CAA protesters or will quash it: SC tells UP govt
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The Supreme Court told the Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw the proceedings against alleged anti-CAA protesters before February 18 or else it will be quashed by the top court.
The Supreme Court on Friday told the Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw the proceedings against alleged anti-CAA protesters and warned that it will quash the recovery notices for being in violation of the law.
Uttar Pradesh government have issued orders to recover alleged damage to public properties from people who protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in 2019.
SC said that the proceedings initiated in December 2019 were contrary to the law laid down by the top court and cannot be sustained.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said that the UP government has acted like a complainant, adjudicator and prosecutor by itself to attach the properties of the accused.
“Withdraw the proceedings or we will quash it for being in violation of the law laid down by this court”, the court said.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by Parwaiz Arif Titu seeking quashing of notices sent to alleged protestors by the district administrations in UP.
The plea has alleged that such notices have been sent in an "arbitrary manner" against a person, who had died six years ago at the age of 94 and also to several others including two people who are aged above 90.
