Peaceful Protests Don't Attract Recovery Of Police Deployment Costs Unless Democratic Limits Are Exceeded: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that in cases where the permissible democratic limits to peaceful protests are crossed by the protestors, resulting in acts like climbing on the overhead tanks, police has the right to recover additional expenses from such protestors, incurred for maintaining law and order. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali was hearing a matter concerning the charges related...