The Delhi High Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking an independent inquiry into alleged police atrocities in the Jamia Milia Islamia campus in the backdrop of anti-CAA protests.Follow live updates from the hearing here...
The Delhi High Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking an independent inquiry into alleged police atrocities in the Jamia Milia Islamia campus in the backdrop of anti-CAA protests.
Follow live updates from the hearing here :
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2020-08-04 07:17:37
4 Aug 2020 11:06 AM GMT
This principle shall apply to all autonomous institutions, including the Universities', Jaising submits
4 Aug 2020 11:06 AM GMT
Jaising argues that it's the principle of law that institutional autonomy shall be respected
Court: to what range of institutions this principle applies?
4 Aug 2020 10:18 AM GMT
Jaising submits that students were using the University campus for shielding themselves from the police brutality
4 Aug 2020 10:17 AM GMT
On a side note, Jaising argues that police encounters can't be called 'encounters' as they're usually well thought out
4 Aug 2020 10:17 AM GMT
Jaising argues that how can a trained police force with protective gear say that students were using the hard objects from within the campus that could harm the police
4 Aug 2020 10:17 AM GMT
Jaising argues that students were chased back to the campus by the polic
4 Aug 2020 10:17 AM GMT
Jaising submits that police was justified in carrying the riot control equipments were not justified in using them
4 Aug 2020 10:16 AM GMT
Jaising submits that the intention of the gathering was to conduct a march to the Parliament
'All these gatherings were outside the campus. No overt act has been attributed to the students', she argues
4 Aug 2020 10:16 AM GMT
Jaising submits that the larger issue is to prevent similar incidents from happening in future, the incidents of police misconduct
4 Aug 2020 10:16 AM GMT
Jaising argues that the issue as to whether proportional force is used is a matter of inquiry which is of public importance