Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- India's Supreme Court has begun a special Sunday hearing into the crackdown on protests in Delhi, with lawyers alleging that police assaulted members of the legal profession and prevented them from meeting detained demonstrators.

The court is hearing challenges to Saturday's mass detentions and restrictions on public transport during demonstrations demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, according to Hindustan Times.

Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the petitioners, told the court that lawyers who went to Sanjay Colony Police Station in Maidan Garhi on Saturday were detained for hours and allegedly beaten, Hindustan Times reports, citing legal news website Bar & Bench.

Hegde ...