ALL PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE versus GOVERNMENT OF SINDH
Arts 4, 16, 17, 19 and 199 of the Police Act (v. 1861), Sections 30, 31 and 32 constitutionally apply to the law of the people, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of expression, regulation of public assemblies and processions, Police will maintain order on public roads Petition to hold political meeting Petition (political party) wanted to hold a political meeting in a district where police and local authorities feared that if such a meeting would take place, The situation is likely to arise. Authorities had expressed some views on the displeasure or even dislike of the petitioner's political party president by at least some people in the district, where the meeting was to be held in Articles 16 and 17 of the constitution in its entirety. Were applied to The best way for political parties to propagate their ideas was to hold a political meeting on which the views, goals and objectives of the political party are articulated. Not only in the location where the meeting is taking place but in front of the public, in today's time and in the media media and in the era of instant communication, the mass expression of the nation is a form of speech and article. Article 19 of the Constitution not only protects the speech that the listener can approve or agree with, but also the speech that he disagrees with or hates. Sections 30, 31 and 32 of 1861 were not relevant or applicable to the present case. (1) The Police Act, 1861, regulates the holding of all assemblies and processions on public roads or on streets or roads, but the proposed activity of the applicant is a public
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