NEW DELHI, January 28: The People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has alleged that its mobile exhibition of posters on human rights awareness outside Coffee Home on Baba Kharak Singh Marg was not allowed to be displayed. The police said that the exhibition violated Section 144 CrPC. The exhibition had earlier been displayed at the same venue at Jantar Mantar and in front of the Police HQ. PUCL has alleged that the Delhi Police has grossly abused Section 144. PUCL alleges that the Section, intended to prevent riots and other violent outbreaks, is being used against peaceful assembly. They say that according to the law, Section 144 cannot be imposed for a period longer than three months and the entire Connaught Place area has been under Section 144 for almost three years.
Cultural show by special schools
Children from the two NDMC -- run schools for special children performed a cultural show here on Wednesday to commemorate 50 years of Independence. Children from `Aanchal', a school for thementally retarded and `Pawan', a school for children with impaired hearing staged Gandhi's `Namak Satyagraha'. Admiring their brilliant performance, Imtiaz Khan, NDMC chairman, said that schools would be given a special thrust. He also sanctioned a computer with special software for the children to help them in their development.
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