'Don't waste our time': SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against police action on students

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to urgently list a petition challenging the alleged police action against student protesters during the CJPled Sansad Chalo march in the national capital with Chief Justice of India CJI Surya Kant asking the petitioner not to waste the top courts timeA Bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing the oral mentioning of the matter when the petitioners counsel sought an urgent hearing alleging police brutality against students protesting at Jantar MantarPlease dont waste our time and dont waste yours Your time is more valuable than ours CJI Kant told the counselThe lawyer submitted that students were raising important issues such as ensuring the fair conduct of the NEET examination and seeking reforms in the National Testing Agency NTA including its dissolution in view of repeated allegations of paper leaksCutting the submissions short the CJI said Thank you very muchWhen the counsel insisted that there were videos showing police atrocities against the protesters and sought urgent listing of the matter the apex court declined the requestWe are not interested in videos We dont have time to watch CJI Kant remarked refusing to grant an urgent listing to the petitionThe matter relates to the protests organised during the CJPled Sansad Chalo march during which students and protesters attempted to march from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament Delhi Police had put up barricades and imposed restrictions to prevent the march from proceeding beyond the designated protest siteFollowing the protests multiple FIRs were registered across central DelhiAccording to the police four FIRs were lodged at Parliament Street Police Station three at Connaught Place Police Station and one each at Mandir Marg Barakhamba Road and Kartavya Path police stations in connection with different incidents during the protest and maintenance of public orderInvestigations in all the cases are underwayMeanwhile Delhi Police have denied claims circulating on social media regarding stonepelting and alleged police action describing the videos as false and misleadingIn a post on X the Deputy Commissioner of Police New Delhi urged the public not to share unverified videos and advised citizens to rely only on official sources for authentic informationSeparately both the Supreme Court Bar Association SCBA and the Supreme Court AdvocatesonRecord Association SCAORA issued statements condemning the alleged use of excessive force against student protesters and members of the legal fraternityIn a resolution adopted on Wednesday the SCBA condemned the alleged brutal lathi charge on students and lawyers sought an immediate impartial and timebound inquiry into the incident and called for medical assistance to those injuredSCAORA in a separate statement expressed concern over reports and visuals depicting the alleged use of force against students emphasising that peaceful dissent is protected under Articles 191a and 191b of the ConstitutionReferring to the Supreme Courts decisions SCAORA said any restriction on peaceful assemblies must satisfy the constitutional requirements of legality necessity and proportionality and called for an independent and impartial examination of allegations of excessive use of forceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever