New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The Supreme Court has on Monday agreed to hear two separate pleas - one filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the other mentioned by Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan - concerning disturbances caused to lawyers and courts during the October 10 and 11 protests in Delhi and allegations of certain hooligans freely attacking lawyers, young persons and other protesters respectively, on Tuesday.

A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana said it would not permit any impediment to the functioning of courts or the movement of lawyers amid restrictions imposed by authorities during the protests on the SCBA's plea but also clarified that it will not allow the Court to become a po...