Court orders removal of ‘name and shame’ hoardings
March 12 , 2020 1778 days 900 0
Allahabad High Court has directed the Lucknow administration to remove forthwith the controversial ‘name and shame’ hoardings.
These contains the names of those arrested during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
The police put up several hoardings across Lucknow identifying those accused of violence during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
The Allahabad High Court had taken Suo motu notice of this act.
It violates the Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
Also, no power is available in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to police or the Executive to display personal records of a person to public at large.