Advocates May Protest, But Cannot Interfere With Police Duty to Produce Accused in Court: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has issued an important ruling emphasizing that advocates have the right to peaceful protests but cannot obstruct police from performing their duty of producing arrested persons before a court of law. The Court delivered a conditional order to quash the FIR registered against ten advocates involved in a protest inside the Madras High Court campus, highlighting the balance between the right to protest and the rule…