CJP Threatens To Restart Protest If Agitators Face Action
Threatening to resume protests for the second time in as many days, the Cockroach Janta Party on Tuesday said the Supreme Court had allowed the police to proceed with existing FIRs and expressed apprehension that the government would "weaponise" this against protesters and harass them. Hearing a batch of petitions against the alleged use of excessive force against students who were staging protests against paper leaks at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and other places, a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant directed that no coercive action should be taken against peaceful protesters. It ordered the release of those detained who had no prior criminal record.
