No probe of 'clashing' claims on July 20 stir
India, Sept. 17 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a fact-finding inquiry into "conflicting' accounts by police and media over the alleged use of lathis by Delhi Police against student protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led march towards the Parliament on July 20. A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia held that the jurisdiction of a PIL is not intended to adjudicate disputes arising from conflicting versions of events and the petition did not involve public interest. "These high sounding words, accountability, transparency are not to be used in a vacuum like this. What is your petition? Delhi Police issued a statement, that statement is being contradicted by the media, an...
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