India, Aug. 13 -- The Mumbai police have allowed the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) to hold a peaceful assembly at Azad Maidan on August 20 to condemn the ongoing "genocide in Gaza", the Bombay high court was informed on Tuesday.

The permission comes after the party's second petition before the high court, after the first was rejected on July 25. In the second petition filed on August 4, advocate Rishika Agarwal requested to quash the courts earlier orders and allow the party to hold a peaceful protest at a designated area concerning the Israel-Palestine war.

Senior advocate Mihir Desai, representing the CPI(M) said the party wanted to hold the peaceful assembly on August 20 between 3pm and 6 pm. He assured the court that ...