Contempt Plea In Supreme Court Alleging Arbitrary Metro Station Closures & Train Cancellations Violating Court Order
A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against top Indian officials, alleging that Delhi metro stations and public transport were arbitrarily shut down in violation of a previous court order. The petitioner claims these actions have severely disrupted public life during recent protests.
Why it matters
The case highlights the tension between state security measures during protests and the judicial mandate to maintain public transport access.
A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging that authorities continued to shut down Delhi metro stations and restrict public transport services in violation of the Court's October 9 order, which directed that there should be no complete prohibition on transport services to handle the October 10 protests announced by CJP and opposition parties against the Chief Election Commissioner.The petition, filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi (who was one of the petitioners who sought an independent probe into the violence during the July Jantar Mantar student protests), seeks initiation of contempt proceedings against Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan IAS, Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar IPS and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Chairperson D Thara IAS for allegedly wilfully disobeying the Court's directions.
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