Court asks Govt to remove Greenpeace activist Priya Pilla from No- Fly list
The court told the government that democracy cannot be muzzled in a democracy and that people can have different opinions of development policies.
"I'm feeling very happy because this reposes our faith in the Indian judiciary. Big win for people who dare to have a different dream of development which may not coincide with the dream of the government... Big vindication of our work," Pillai told NDTV after the court order.
Exactly two months ago she was offloaded from a flight to London. She was scheduled to make a presentation before British MPs regarding alleged human rights violation at Mahan in Madhya Pradesh where a proposed coal mining project was threatening to uproot the lives of the local communities.
Pillai said her offloading was "illegal and arbitrary" and she had a valid business visa for six months to visit London.
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