Centre, Del police on notice over Jamia violence

December 19, 2019 17:49

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Central government and the city police on the various petitions related to the Jamia Milia Islamia incident.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and C Har Shankar asked the Centre and Delhi Police to file a response to the petitions and listed the matter for further hearing on February 4.

Various petitioners have moved the High Court seeking remedies including forming of a fact-finding committee to probe the violence that took place after the Delhi Police and students protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, clashed.

The petitioners said that this was the "most significant attack" on the students since independence and appealed to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to work as Amicus Curiae.

Meanwhile, the petitioner's counsel also sought interim relief from any coercive steps against them.

As the court denied granting any interim protection and giving a shorter date for hearing, some of the lawyers present in the courtroom shouted "shame, shame".

The judges, however, did not react, ignored the hooting and left for their chambers.

One of the petitioners told the court that around 450 tear gases were fired during the Jamia Milia incident which is highest since 2012.

Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocates Sanjay Hegde and Indira Jaising referred to various medical reports confirming grievous injuries and said that one of the students had suffered bullet injuries. They also raised questions over police entering the university campus without permission and attacking unarmed students.

Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves requested the court to grant medical assistance for injured students, to keep criminal proceedings against students in abeyance, to preserve the CCTV footage to find out who is right and who is wrong.

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