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'Highly unjust': Allahabad HC orders removing anti-CAA protesters posters

In Lucknow, around 50 people were identified by police as alleged rioters and were served notices

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The Uttar Pradesh government had asserted that it was a "deterrent" action and the court should not interfere in such a matter. File Photo

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Lucknow adminstration to remove posters of those accused of vandalism during anti-CAA protests in December.

The bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha directed the district magistrate and the Lucknow police commissioner to submit a report in this regard by March 16.

The court, which had on March 7 taken suo motu cognisance of the issue, on Sunday had termed the move "highly unjust" and said it was an "absolute encroachment on personal liberty of individuals".

The posters bearing photographs, names and addresses of those accused of vandalism during