SC had previously pulled up the state administration for violating set procedure; the court has now directed the UP gov't to refund amounts to people who had be forced to pay damages under the withdrawn notices
A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant said the state government will refund the entire amount, worth crores of rupees, recovered from the alleged protestors due to the proceedings initiated in 2019.
Supreme Court directs UP government to refund recoveries made from anti-CAA protestors - Supreme Court has also asked the UP government to refund the money the anti-CAA protestors paid to the authorities concerned for the alleged damages.
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Kant gave additional advocate-general Garima Prashad time till next Friday to come out with government’s position on the matter
Asking the Uttar Pradesh Government to withdraw the recovery notices issued to the alleged anti-CAA protesters, the Supreme Court on Friday warned that it would quash the proceedings for being in violation of the law.