New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday a habeas corpus plea filed by Kshatriya Karni Sena president Raj Shekhawat, alleging that he was picked up by Delhi Police while preparing to join a protest against the University Grants Commission's (UGC) equity regulations and was subsequently confined to a friend's residence without any written detention order.

The plea was mentioned before a Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia by advocate Lokesh Bhardwaj, who told the court that Shekhawat was allegedly taken into custody by police on August 23 while he was proceeding to participate in the protest. The Bench agreed to hear the plea today.

According to the petition, Shekhawat ha...