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Delhi High Court Invokes France Protests While Hearing Plea Of CJP Leaders
- •The Delhi High Court compared student protests in Delhi to the violent agitations in France, warning that such movements can escalate into arson and looting.
- •Justice Subramonium Prasad questioned the conduct of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka for breaching barricades at Jantar Mantar and violating the law.
- •The court urged the petitioners to first approach the revisional court against the extension of their judicial custody until October 21.
- •Das and Ranka agreed to withdraw their plea after the High Court questioned why they bypassed alternative legal remedies.
- •The CJP leaders have been in jail since October 13 following a protest against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
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The Delhi High Court drew parallels to protests in France that escalated into arson and looting, noting that breaking barricades and violating peace bonds creates high risks of unwanted persons joining and turning student agitations violent.
Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were placed in judicial custody following a protest by CJP activists at Jantar Mantar against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. They were jailed for allegedly breaking a bond and breaching barricades at Jantar Mantar after it was de-notified as a protest site.
The Delhi High Court urged the CJP leaders to first approach the revisional court instead of moving the High Court directly, since they had broken a bond and the appropriate legal remedy lay in revision.
