Activists protesting against the clean chit given to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case were detained on Tuesday after they assembled outside the Supreme Court. AdvertisingDCP PRO Madhur Verma said the women have been detained under Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act for protesting outside the Supreme Court where Section 144 of the CrPC is imposed. “So women holding placards and protesting peacefully outside the Supreme Court against the ex-parte ‘clean chit’ to the CJI by the In-house committee of his colleagues, are arrested and taken to the police station. Does Constitutional right to protest not apply to the Supreme Court?” he tweeted. Police says they will be released only on ‘Higher orders’: All for protesting ‘In-house clean chit’ to CJI in sexual harassment case!

Source: Indian Express May 07, 2019 06:28 UTC