Hyderabad, May 4 -- The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the Orissa High Court and a trial court's orders directing Dalit and Adivasi activists to sweep police stations as a condition for bail.

The case will be taken up for hearing by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday, May 4.

The case pertains to bail orders issued by Justice SK Panigrahi of the Orissa High Court and two judges of the Rayagada district court between May 2025 and January 2026. Out of the eight such orders issued, five were enforced.

The accused in these cases were detained for protesting against a bauxite mining contract awarded to Vedanta Ltd by the then Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government in 2023. The project, spread over roughly 1,560 hectares in...