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Supreme Court Orders Release of Detained Minors, Safeguards Protest Footage

7/29/2026

Summary

Story summary

Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant ordered release of detained minors, preservation of protest footage, and protection of digital data.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said 250 police officers were injured and the government did not object to an investigation.
Authorities suspended a police officer for allegedly firing rounds into the air.
Activists of Cockroach Janta Party reported a surveillance van with a camera and said hundreds of students were arrested.

History

Historical Context

In June 1975 President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s advice, declared a national Emergency that let the Delhi police, led by Home Minister Giani Zail Singh, detain about 1.5 million people, including minors, while the Supreme Court upheld the decree. The 1978 44th Amendment later barred suspension of fundamental rights, a safeguard echoed by Chief Justice Surya Kant’s 2024 order to free detained minors.

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Story summary

Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant ordered release of detained minors, preservation of protest footage, and protection of digital data.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said 250 police officers were injured and the government did not object to an investigation.
Authorities suspended a police officer for allegedly firing rounds into the air.
Activists of Cockroach Janta Party reported a surveillance van with a camera and said hundreds of students were arrested.

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