New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A day after his bench opposed blanket curbs on public transport ahead of the demonstration, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday morning contacted government authorities to secure the release of several lawyers, including women advocates, after being informed they had been detained by Delhi Police while peacefully protesting outside the Supreme Court complex. People in the know said the development came after the Supreme Court Bar Association sought the CJI's urgent intervention over reported detentionsin or around the vicinity of the country's highest court despite no apparent justification for such action. According to the people, the CJI immediately contacted government authorities, urging them to ste...