High Court asks police to file status report

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High Court asks police to file status report

Friday, 29 October 2021 | PTI | New Delhi

The Delhi High Court (HC) on Thursday asked the Delhi Police to place before it the latest position of cases relating to incidents of violence in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University in December 2019 which had occurred in relation to student protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)

The HC said the police shall inform it about the status of cases that are going on in the trial court, including the number of chargesheets filed, charges framed, trial commenced and the number of witnesses examined.

 At the outset, a Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh asked the counsel for Delhi Police: “What is the status of these matters in the trial court, like chargesheet filed, the trial, witnesses examined, etc.”

Advocate Dhruv Pande, appearing for the police, said he will seek instructions on this and sought some time to gather the information. The HC granted time and listed the matter for further hearing on December 23.

The incidents of violence in the varsity had occurred concerning student protests against the CAA in December 2019. The HC was hearing several petitions which have alleged that ruthless and excessive use of force and aggression was unleashed by the police and paramilitary forces on students within the university on December 13 and 15, 2019.

The petitioners before the court are lawyers, students of JMI, residents of Okhla in south Delhi, where the university is located, and the Imam of Jama Masjid mosque opposite Parliament House.

The batch of PILs has sought setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), Commission of Inquiry (CoI) or a fact-finding committee, medical treatment, compensation, and interim protection from arrest for the students, and registration of FIRs against the erring police officers.

The police had earlier opposed the plea for setting up of an SIT or a CoI to look into the incidents of violence, saying it would “amount to supplanting the law”.

The counsel for the police had said the reliefs sought by the petitioners cannot be granted as chargesheets have been filed in connection with the violence and they should have sought whatever relief they want to before the concerned subordinate court.

 

On the issue of police entering the varsity without permission, the police’s counsel had said internationally police are not denied access to educational institutions and universities.

 

About providing compensation to students who were seriously injured in the violence, he had said that it can be awarded only if there was an admission of the breach and in the present case the issue was still being examined.

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