Delhi court dismisses CJP’s plea alleging ‘wrongful confinement’ by police
A Delhi court has dismissed a plea by Ratna Singh of the Cockroach Janta Party, who alleged she was wrongfully confined by police during a crackdown on protests against the Chief Election Commissioner. The court ruled the application was not maintainable due to procedural failures, including the lack of a mandatory affidavit and the failure to identify specific police officers involved.
Why it matters
The case highlights the intersection of civil liberties, police authority, and procedural legal requirements during periods of political unrest in India.
A Delhi court on Saturday (October 10, 2026) dismissed a plea by the head of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) legal wing Ratna Singh, alleging that she had been “wrongfully confined” by the police outside her residence in Jangpura amid a massive police crackdown in the national capital to thwart a youth protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over large-scale deletions of names from electoral rolls.
Ms. Singh told The Hindu that Delhi Police personnel had surrounded the car in which she was sitting outside her residence with advocates Tara Narula and Shivangi Sharma earlier on Saturday (October 10, 2026). Police personnel had cited “verbal orders from above” to prevent her from leaving, she alleged.
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