...James Martin v. State Of Kerala ., 2004 (1) KLT 513 (SC), Supreme Court has held that under the guise of Hartal or Bandh, no person has any right to cause inconvenience to any...preventive, remedial and punitive measures to contain such use of threat or actual violence.6. Any criminal act under the guise of Bandh, hartal or any other mode of...as a mere criminal act against an individual, but as a serious offence against the society itself. Evidently, courts are bound to deal with such criminal acts done under the guise of hartal, bandh or...