New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Retired senior civil servant Ashish Joshi has moved the Delhi High Court through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenging the repeated extensions of large-scale deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in Delhi for protest-related law and order duties.

The petition, filed through advocates Ambuj Dixit and Amrish Ranjan Pandey, seeks judicial scrutiny of the legal and administrative basis for the deployment, including the necessity, proportionality, duration and periodic review of the forces deployed in the national capital.

Referring to reports of 301 companies being initially approved, 273 companies being retained until October 31, 2026, and a further extension...