Youth protests: SC refuses to reconstitute panel probing police excesses
The court said that ‘aspersions’ had been cast on the committee ‘in a manner that is both premature and precipitate’.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to reconstitute an enquiry committee it has formed to investigate the alleged police excesses during the youth protests in July and violence against security forces, Bar and Bench reported.
The bench said that aspersions had been cast on the committee “in a manner that is both premature and precipitate”.
On August 18, the court had formed the committee in response to petitions alleging that the police used excessive force against protesters marching to Parliament in Delhi on July 20.
The panel is headed by Justice R Subhash Reddy, a retired Supreme Court judge. The other members are former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, former Delhi High Court Justice Shalinder Kaur, former Central Bureau of Investigation Director Rishi Kumar Shukla and retired Meghalaya police chief LR Bishnoi.
During the protests in July, several demonstrators were injured after the security personnel used lathis, fired tear gas and pellet guns to disperse the crowd.
The petitioners in the original matter also pointed out instances of the police in Bihar using allegedly excessive force against protesters who were demonstrating in solidarity with the youth agitation in Delhi.
The court ordered the committee to examine the suggestions made by the petitioners as well as the respondents, which includes the Union government.
