# Court dismisses 2020 protest case against CPI(M) leaders 2026-08-17T20:21:08+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Fourth Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court has dismissed a 2020 case against seven CPI(M) and CITU leaders over a protest at Maddilapalem Junction in Visakhapatnam. The case, filed by the MVP police, had accused the leaders of obstructing traffic and interfering with police duties during a demonstration supporting farmers protesting in Delhi. The accused included CPI(M) senior leader Ch. Narsingarao, district secretariat members B. Gangarao, R.K.S.V. Kumar, and P. Mani, district committee member Botta Eswaramma, and Maddilapalem zone committee member K. Kumari. CPI(M) leaders welcomed the verdict, calling the case false and stating the police failed to produce proper evidence. The party thanked Judge K. Vasudeva Rao and advocate K.A.J. Poornima for representing the accused. The order was passed on August 18, 2026. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Ch. Narsingarao, CITU, CPI(M), MVP police, Visakhapatnam Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/court-dismisses-2020-protest-case-against-cpim-leaders/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/court-dismisses-2020-protest-case-against-cpim-leaders/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/