CEC protest updates: Supreme Court bars ‘illegal’ detentions even as Left leaders, CJP members held

The Supreme Court on Sunday passed an interim order directing that people peacefully assembling to protest must not be detained “except save by law”, The Hindu reported.

Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas was detained near Connaught Place, Scroll reported.

Representatives of Left-affiliated student groups and the Cockroach Janta Party were also detained on Sunday.

The Cockroach Janta Party political campaign and Left groups have called for fresh protests in Delhi on Sunday, a day after thousands of protesters, Opposition leaders, activists, lawyers and journalists were detained across the capital. The campaign has also called for a protest in Mumbai at 4 pm.

The demonstrations were organised to demand Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Here’s more on this and other updates:

CJP leaders released

• A Delhi court on Sunday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on the condition that they do not breach the peace for one year, the campaign’s legal head Ratna Singh said.
• The three were detained from an aircraft shortly after it landed in Delhi on Saturday ahead of protests demanding Kumar’s resignation.

CJP to resume protests in Delhi, Mumbai

• The Cockroach Janta Party has called for another march to Jantar Mantar on Sunday, saying it will continue its agitation until its demands are met.
• It alleged that its representatives were detained by the Delhi...

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