... is always questionable. These tools should ideally be used as an option of last resort, after the exhaustion of the constitutional means. But, their frequent use by vested interests has brought the issue of their overall utility under debate. This debate has been furthered by the recent judgments of Supreme Court, Kerala High Court and Calcutta High Court banning Strikes by government employees, banning bandhs and banning rallies, respectively. While the bandhs, strikes and rallies are a means of expressing the grievances of a certain section of people, they have got certain negative affects as well as they affect the fundamental rights of other citizens. Bandhs are generally called against an executive, legislative or judiciary action or decision. They are use as a sign of solidarity with the affected people, as a sign of protest or as a means to force authorities to take or refrain from certain things. Rallies are generally ...

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