HC set to hear Jantar Mantar police surveillance plea today
New Delhi, July 28 -- The Delhi High Court said it will hear a petition on Tuesday alleging that protesters at the student stir led by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) were subjected to police surveillance.
Observing that "Things have cooled down, let them cool down further," during a hearing on Monday, it suggested a comprehensive petition seeking guidelines for such police surveillance practices be filed.
A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and Tejas Karia observed that such a petition would enable them to examine the existing framework governing police surveillance and assess whether the provisions in place are adequate or require further scrutiny.
The bench also noted that the present petition was confined to a specific aspect of the ...
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