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Speaking at the NHRC foundation day, the CJI said courts must step in when constitutional rights are violated. Minutes later, asked about the protests in Delhi, he called them a law and order matter and not his domain.
Videos and posts from the protest sites have flooded social media. Delhi Police say they are enforcing prohibitory orders, while protesters, journalists and opposition leaders allege detentions without cause and an uneven approach to who is stopped.
For over 30 years, Jantar Mantar was where Delhi's farmers, students, unions and parties took their grievances. A new police order has ended that status and moved protests to three grounds farther from Parliament.
Delhi became a fortress on October 10 as police detained hundreds, cancelled trains and shut metro stations ahead of the CJP protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
US-India ties strengthen
As an indefinite hunger strike severely impacts the health of student leaders, the first round of dialogue between the Jharkhand government and protesting aspirants has failed to break the stalemate over alleged exam irregularities.
Deepfake videos targeting Nitin Gadkari removed
MPSC exam paper leak alleged
Delhi transport unions protest E20 fuel