New Delhi: Former judges Supreme court And High Courts and some senior advocates have written a letter to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana requesting the apex court. Automatic cognition Regarding detaining protesters and breaking into their houses Uttar Pradesh The state government staged a protest against the objectionable remarks made by the BJP spokespersons.
“We urged the Supreme Court to take immediate action to stop the deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, especially the arbitrariness of the police and state authorities and cruel action on the fundamental rights of citizens.” The letter signed by 12 former judges and senior advocates said.
It said that instead of giving an opportunity to the protesters to be heard and join in peaceful protests, the Uttar Pradesh state administration has sanctioned violent action against such persons.
It also claimed that the Chief Minister has further directed that the National Security Act, 1980 and the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 be invoked against those found guilty of unlawful protests. These comments encouraged the police to brutally and illegally torture the protesters, the letter said.
“The Chief Minister has reportedly called upon the officers to take such action against the culprits that it sets an example so that no one commits any crime or takes the law into his own hands in future,” the letter said.
It added, “The UP The police have arrested over 300 people and registered an FIR against the protesting civilians. Videos of youths in police custody being beaten up with sticks, houses of protesters being demolished without any notice or reason and protesters from minority Muslim community being chased and beaten up by the police are being circulated on social media, which strikes a chord with their conscience. Shaking up. Country.”
Such brutal repression by a ruling administration is an unacceptable subversion of the rule of law and violation of citizens’ rights and makes a mockery of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the state, it further added.
Former Supreme Court judges on the letter – Justices B Sudarshan Reddy, V Gopala Gowda, AK Ganguly; Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and former Chairman of the Law Commission of India – Justice AP Shah, Former Judge of Madras High Court, Justice K Chandru, Former Judge of Karnataka High Court, Justice Mohammad Anwar; Senior Advocates Shanti Bhushan, Indira Jaising, Chandra Udai Singh, Sriram Panchu, Anand Grover and Advocate Prashant Bhushan.
Yesterday, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind had moved the apex court seeking a direction to the state of Uttar Pradesh that any criminal proceeding in Kanpur shall not take any form of additional legal penalty against the residential or commercial property of any accused. action should not be taken. measure.
“We urged the Supreme Court to take immediate action to stop the deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, especially the arbitrariness of the police and state authorities and cruel action on the fundamental rights of citizens.” The letter signed by 12 former judges and senior advocates said.
It said that instead of giving an opportunity to the protesters to be heard and join in peaceful protests, the Uttar Pradesh state administration has sanctioned violent action against such persons.
It also claimed that the Chief Minister has further directed that the National Security Act, 1980 and the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 be invoked against those found guilty of unlawful protests. These comments encouraged the police to brutally and illegally torture the protesters, the letter said.
“The Chief Minister has reportedly called upon the officers to take such action against the culprits that it sets an example so that no one commits any crime or takes the law into his own hands in future,” the letter said.
It added, “The UP The police have arrested over 300 people and registered an FIR against the protesting civilians. Videos of youths in police custody being beaten up with sticks, houses of protesters being demolished without any notice or reason and protesters from minority Muslim community being chased and beaten up by the police are being circulated on social media, which strikes a chord with their conscience. Shaking up. Country.”
Such brutal repression by a ruling administration is an unacceptable subversion of the rule of law and violation of citizens’ rights and makes a mockery of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the state, it further added.
Former Supreme Court judges on the letter – Justices B Sudarshan Reddy, V Gopala Gowda, AK Ganguly; Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and former Chairman of the Law Commission of India – Justice AP Shah, Former Judge of Madras High Court, Justice K Chandru, Former Judge of Karnataka High Court, Justice Mohammad Anwar; Senior Advocates Shanti Bhushan, Indira Jaising, Chandra Udai Singh, Sriram Panchu, Anand Grover and Advocate Prashant Bhushan.
Yesterday, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind had moved the apex court seeking a direction to the state of Uttar Pradesh that any criminal proceeding in Kanpur shall not take any form of additional legal penalty against the residential or commercial property of any accused. action should not be taken. measure.