More than 200 alumni of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) have issued a statement condemning the police action against protesters during the October 10 demonstrations in Delhi, including the alleged detention and physical manhandling of NLSIU alumni and Senior Advocate Shadan Farasat.
The alumni said the state could not arbitrarily detain people exercising their fundamental rights, even during an Emergency, referring to reports that more than 10,000 people had been detained across the country.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Sunday said it would pass an interim order directing the Delhi Metro to function normally, ensuring the free movement of the public, restoring internet services and preventing any obstruction to lawyers discharging their professional duties amid the crackdown on protesters in the national capital.
A bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the detention of protesters during the October 10 demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with a contempt plea alleging wilful disobedience of court orders.
The court agreed to hear lawyers seeking to mention their pleas, stating that every party would be given an opportunity to be heard. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal raised concerns over the detention of people travelling by train and the suspension of internet services, citing the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Anuradha Bhasin case.
Separately, a public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking judicial scrutiny of the suspension of mobile internet services within a four-kilometre radius of the Janpath–Kartavya Path crossing on October 9 and 10 during the protests. The petition questioned the absence of public and judicial scrutiny of the order imposing the restrictions.
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