Shaheen Bagh protest: Blockade of public road troubling us, says SC

Blockade of public road at Shaheen Bagh is "troubling us", the Supreme Court said on Monday and suggested that the anti-CAA protestors go to another site where no public place would be blocked.

The apex court asked senior advocate Sanjay Hegde to "play a constructive role as an interlocutor" to persuade the protestors to move to an alternative site.

People have a fundamental right to protest "peacefully and lawfully" but blocking public roads and places is a matter of concern as it might lead to "chaotic situation", the apex court said, stressing that there has to be a "balancing factor".

"Democracy works on expression of views but there are lines and boundaries for it," a bench of Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said, adding, "The question which is arising is where to protest."