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Guruswamy reads out the prayers

Guruswamy: Blockades were there around Supreme Court.

Sr Adv Arundhati Katju: Right to freedom of speech and expression, to protest peacefully could not be exercised. It's for state to answeer. We are here today because we have faith in the court. We have come in exigent situation, because we want court to protect our right.

Guruswamy Why give them till Tuesday to explain why metro was not functional despite court order? Please don't give them more time to continue disobeying this court's order. It's disobedience to spirit and text of Constitution.

SG: I do not have prepared speech to respond to anything. There are 2 petitions available with me - which it turns out are not complete. Habeas - we can point out the regime under which action was taken and they were removed around 2 pm

Peitioners: not correct

J Bagchi: Kindly note down. let him argue

SG: Petitioners said many things. Factually I have...we have documents and videos of around 2 pm...they were released at around 6. Habeas may not survive. Question of legality - it's for your lordships to consider and them to decide. So far as contempt - it was confined. I have taken instructions. There was no curtailment of any metro service on 10th. There was 0 reduction in total volume of metro operations. Trains were inducted as per standard schedule. A full complement of 4750 trains are run on 10th Oct as per schedule on internet. Delhi Metro - there are 303 stations [...].