India, July 22 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Delhi Police and the Centre on petitions alleging excessive use of force against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protesters during their march to Parliament, while directing authorities to preserve all relevant CCTV footage and videographic evidence related to the incident.

Hearing multiple petitions, a bench led by Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya questioned the Centre's claim that the pleas were merely filed for publicity.

"How can you say this is a publicity petition?" the Chief Justice asked Additional Solicitor General S. Raju, who was appearing for the Delhi Police and the Centre.

Senior Advocates N. Hariharan and Vikas Singh, appearing for the petitioners, arg...