Punjab, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court took up 46 petitions in one batch on the Delhi protests, issued notices to the Centre and Delhi Police, and ordered agencies to preserve all video and digital material. The Police Commissioner responded not in person but by affidavit - with an "unconditional and unqualified apology" that also denies any non-compliance.
Forty-six petitions
A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard the batch, which covers police action against protesters, journalists' rights, and the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision. Notices went to the Union government and Delhi Police.
The court asked both sides to appoint nodal counsel - one for the Solicitor General's side, one for the petitioners -...