Supreme Court Orders Delhi Transit Restored After Protest Detentions Draw UN Concern
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India’s Supreme Court on Sunday ordered public transportation services in New Delhi to operate normally and directed authorities to avoid detaining peaceful, unarmed protesters except through procedures established by law.
The order followed petitions challenging restrictions imposed during Saturday’s demonstrations demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the rollback of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Reports said more than 7,000 people were detained in Delhi during a security operation intended to prevent a planned gathering at Jantar Mantar.
The court said restrictions on assembly and movement must comply with constitutional requirements. It directed authorities to review barricades, permit free movement subject to traffic rules, keep internet services undisturbed unless lawful action is required, and take down notice boards stating imposition of Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita around the Supreme Court if they remained in place.
The UN Human Rights Office had expressed concern Saturday over reports that demonstrators, protest leaders, civil society members, lawyers and journalists were detained before and during the protests. It urged India to respect peaceful assembly, ensure police restraint and immediately release anyone arbitrarily detained, saying restrictions must satisfy tests of necessity and proportionality.
India rejected the statement as interference in its internal affairs. The Ministry of External Affairs said peaceful assembly is constitutionally protected but subject to public order and safety, and that law enforcement acted according to law. It also accused the UN office of applying double standards.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs narrow corrections to attribution and wording of the Supreme Court order and India's criticism of OHCHR. - "The Indian Express and Mint reported that more than 7,000 people were detained in Delhi during a security operation intended to prevent a planned gathering at Jantar Mantar.": The source material supports that more than 7,000 were detained, but The Indian Express excerpt does not explicitly report that figure as a complete sentence because of an apparent missing verb; attributing the figure to both Indian Express and Mint is therefore over-specific. - "It directed authorities to review barricades, permit free movement subject to traffic rules, keep internet services undisturbed unless lawful action is required, and remove notices imposing Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita around the Supreme Court if they remained in place.": The court ordered notice boards stating imposition of Section 163 around the Supreme Court to be taken down if not already done, not removal of the notices themselves. - "It also accused the UN office of applying double standards in its responses to protests in other countries.": India said the OHCHR had extreme selectivity and double standards, referring to police actions in Pakistan and France; the story's wording says responses to protests in other countries, which is not exactly supported.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Supreme Court Orders Delhi Transit Restored After Protest Detentions Draw UN Concern
India’s Supreme Court on Sunday ordered public transportation services in New Delhi to operate normally and directed authorities to avoid detaining peaceful, unarmed protesters except through procedures established by law.
The order followed petitions challenging restrictions imposed during Saturday’s demonstrations demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the rollback of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. TheReports Indian Express and Mint reported thatsaid more than 7,000 people were detained in Delhi during a security operation intended to prevent a planned gathering at Jantar Mantar.
The court said restrictions on assembly and movement must comply with constitutional requirements. It directed authorities to review barricades, permit free movement subject to traffic rules, keep internet services undisturbed unless lawful action is required, and removetake noticesdown imposingnotice boards stating imposition of Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita around the Supreme Court if they remained in place.
The UN Human Rights Office had expressed concern Saturday over reports that demonstrators, protest leaders, civil society members, lawyers and journalists were detained before and during the protests. It urged India to respect peaceful assembly, ensure police restraint and immediately release anyone arbitrarily detained, saying restrictions must satisfy tests of necessity and proportionality.
India rejected the statement as interference in its internal affairs. The Ministry of External Affairs said peaceful assembly is constitutionally protected but subject to public order and safety, and that law enforcement acted according to law. It also accused the UN office of applying double standards in its responses to protests in other countries.standards.
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