00:00Now breaking news right at the top. This is what Supreme Court has now come out to say with regards
00:06to the detentions that have been taking place across the national capital since October 10th.
00:12Supreme Court finds contempt in Delhi detentions and there's a notice that's now been given to Home Secretary, Delhi Police
00:19Chief and the Delhi Metro Chief.
00:21SC doesn't ask for personal appearance of the top officials but seeks affidavit and compliance report by October 13th, that
00:30is Tuesday.
00:31SC notice on habeas corpus flea at this given point but yes, this is what we are given to understand.
00:39Remember earlier in the day when that special bench in fact heard the case with regards to all that happened
00:45over the last 24 hours.
00:48Around 7,000 detentions that have been reported from the national capital, all mostly in fact protesters that in fact
00:59got preemptively detained.
01:01That is what the police had to say that they had collected in numbers despite there being an imposition of
01:07section 163 of the BNS's and which is why in a preemptive measure they got detained.
01:13But that has now been condemned by the Supreme Court and a notice has been issued.
01:19Let me take this up with Anisha Mathur who's joining us on the broadcast with more details on the same.
01:25Anisha, very good afternoon to you.
01:27This is what the SC has to say that at the end of the day these detentions, why have they
01:33taken place?
01:34There are three of them who these notices have gone to.
01:37They have to in fact file an affidavit and give proper report of what exactly was the reason behind detaining
01:45around 7,000 people from the national capital.
01:48Well, let's demarcate the difference between the detention petition and the contempt petition.
01:55Notice of contempt has been given with regards to the closure of roads, closure of metros, lack of traffic advisory
02:03and cancellation of trains.
02:07That is where the contempt notice has been issued to the Home Secretary, the DNRT Chair and the Delhi Police.
02:16On the other side is the habeas corpus petition which had raised allegations of illegal detention.
02:23It had raised the allegations of assault on protesters, beating up of protesters, beating up of lawyers, detention of journalists
02:32and several other allegations including internet shutdowns.
02:35And detention of persons outside of the designated 4-kilometer area where Section 160 prohibition had been imposed.
02:45On that note, on that petition, the court has directed a response to be filed by all parties including the
02:55Home Ministry, including the Delhi government and the police.
02:58Now, there what the court has said is that metro train railways have to function normally, free movements shall be
03:08ensured, barricades need to be reviewed, internet will function unhindered.
03:14And that is a clear order by the court that internet shutdown cannot happen in this manner.
03:20There cannot be illegal detention, particularly when there are peaceful, unarmed protests anywhere outside of the specific 4-kilometer radius
03:30around Jantarwantar, where 163 prohibition is in operation.
03:35In fact, the court specifically noted that there was a notice board outside the Supreme Court premises on Bhagwanda's court
03:43where that curfew had been imposed.
03:45And the court directed that it has to be taken down immediately so that entry exit into court is not
03:51restricted whatsoever.
03:53The court also took note of the allegations based by the lawyer that lawyers who had gone to police stations
03:59to look for the detained person, to get people out.
04:05Those people were also assaulted.
04:07There are two parts to this particular directive that's been issued by the Supreme Court, as Anisha has pointed out.
04:14One is a notice of contempt that despite October 9th, the SC clearly mentioning that complete curbs on roadways, railways
04:23and metro lines will not be allowed and should not take place on October 10th.
04:26But we did see 45 metro stations were shut yesterday, despite all of what was heard in the entire case
04:34being heard by the Supreme Court itself.
04:35And the second part of this notice is the one that the directive is a notice that's gone out to
04:40the Home Secretary, the Delhi Metro Chief, as well as the Delhi Police Chief, which they will have to be
04:45submitting a report over by October 13th.
04:48So those are the two directives that's come in from the Supreme Court as of today, October 11th.
04:53More news coming in. Let's quickly take a look.
