India
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The Supreme Court has rejected a plea seeking directions to give the Delhi Police a free hand to deal with protesters, according to ANI.
A bench led by CJI Surya Kant said the court was conscious that many of those protesters were young students and that their future and families had to be kept in mind by the Court.
The Supreme Court rejected a plea to give Delhi Police broad authority over protesters, with CJI Surya Kant noting the need to consider the future of young students involved. The court clarified that protection does not extend to those accused of serious offenses or hardened criminality.
“These are young students and protesters before us. We have to see their parents, we have to see they have a long life. [They should not be] entangled with court hearings etc.,” the CJI said.
The Court, however, clarified that persons alleged to be hardened criminals or those accused of serious offences were not beneficiaries of the protection granted by its earlier orders.
