New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Delhi Police on Tuesday questioned the maintainability of a petition filed by an office-bearer of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) before the Delhi High Court, seeking an independent probe into alleged assaults on protesters and members of the public during demonstrations in Delhi on October 10 against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Appearing for the Delhi Police, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma that the petitioner had failed to comply with the Delhi High Court Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Rules, 2010, particularly Rules 9(f) and 9(g).

The ASG argued that the rules require petitioners asso...