India, Oct. 10 -- The Supreme Court will hold a special sitting on Sunday, October 11, to hear a contempt plea filed by Shailendra Mani Tripathi against Union home secretary Govind Mohan over the alleged non-compliance with its October 9 directions on public transport restrictions in Delhi ahead of the CJP protest, according to reports. The top court will also hear a plea filed by TMC MP Menaka Guruswamy over the detention of Opposition leaders during the CJP protest in Delhi, according to reports.

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"Such preventive detentions cannot be used to suppress the fundamental right to peaceful protest, particularly against leaders who have previously governed States", Guruswamy told Bar and Bench.

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