New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) legal affairs head Ratna Singh has approached a Delhi court seeking a first information report (FIR) against police personnel for allegedly confining her and preventing her from attending the October 10 protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has separately asked Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to intervene after several advocates were detained near the court’s premises. A third legal challenge has been filed in the apex court, seeking contempt proceedings against officials over alleged violations of its directions on metro and railway services during the protest. The developments followed heavy police deployment across Delhi in the wake of CJP demonstration at Jantar Mantar. The group has called for Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in voter-list revisions. The police detained several protesters and party leaders, while restrictions on public transport and movement disrupted travel across parts of the capital. Following the detention of senior and junior lawyers, the SCBA urged CJI Surya Kant to intervene in the detention of advocates who were protesting near the Supreme Court premises. Its resolution referred to the lawyers, including women advocates, who were detained by the Delhi Police allegedly using excessive force. Advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi has filed a petition in the top court seeking contempt proceedings against Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Chairperson D Thara.
The plea alleges that authorities failed to comply with the court’s October 9 directions on public transport ahead of the CJP protest.
“This brutal assault on the fundamental rights of the citizens and sheer disregard to the orders of this court amounts to deliberate and intentional attempt on the part of the Delhi Metro, the Delhi Police and the Union government which must be dealt with an iron hand,” the petition stated.
