New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the city government to respond to a plea filed by the AAP challenging the move of removing the party's posters from houses of people willing to put them up.
The court said police and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi be restrained from removing posters from houses under the garb of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property (DPDP) Act.
The plea by the Aam Aadmi Party sought direction for police not to remove election campaign material from the homes of willing Delhi residents.
A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw questioned what will happen if there were posters on every house.
"The purpose of the DPDP Act is when you walk on streets, the view should be good. What will happen if there is a poster on every house?" the court asked advocate Prashant Bhushan who appeared for the petitioner.
Bhushan told the court that banning people from putting posters would be denial of the right to freedom of speech.
"This move is denial of the right to freedom of speech and expression of the citizen and the restriction should be set aside immediately as election is around the corner," he argued.
The bench, however, questioned how the right to freedom of speech was being violated.
"The posters or banners are for the purpose of others to see not for yourself. So how your freedom of speech and expression is being violated?" the court asked.
On Oct 17, 2013, the Election Commission in its reply to petitioners had said "putting up of banners/posters at homes of volunteers/supporters on private property is prohibited under the DPDP Act".
Uttar Pradesh MP gets death threats, files complaint
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) A member of the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh has filed a police complain
Navjot Singh Sidhu in trouble with 33-year-old case, Supreme Court issues notice
Punjab PCC Chief and Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is contesting the assembly elections from the Amrits
2G money laundering: Recording of statements of accused concluded
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) A court here on Friday concluded recording of statement of accused i
Ukraine-Russia war update: It has been more than 9 months since the war between Russia and Ukrain
Taliban leader Mullah Baradar said - there was no intention to kill Ashraf Ghani
Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has said the Taliban had no intention of
Will Rajpal Yadav get bail or face jail time in the 9 crore cheque bounce case? Hearing today
Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, filmmaker David Dhawan, and his actor-son Varun Dhawan,
Today is the last day of 2020-21, so today you have to do many important tasks. If you miss doing
51 days have passed since the Ukrainian war. Meanwhile, the Russian missile-fired warship, the vi
Mumbai Police has arrested a person from Noida who had threatened to blow up the city with 400 kg
The world's largest vaccine producer Serum Institute of India (SII) is about to sign a corona vac