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Supreme Court orders free movement, bans illegal CJP detentions

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC · How we work

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Supreme Court Bans Detentions

The Supreme Court ordered free movement in Delhi and banned illegal detentions during the CJP protests.
Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana directed that internet services remain uninterrupted.
The court ordered the Section 163 notice board outside the Supreme Court to be removed.
Metro closures fell from 57 to 45 after the interim order.
More than 7,000 protesters, including CJP leader Abhijit Dipke, were detained on October 10.

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Kapil Sibal Criticizes Court

Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said he has lost trust in the Supreme Court over voter-list issues.
He cited West Bengal appellate tribunals where roughly 93% of decided appeals restored voters’ names.
Sibal argued the court was repeatedly informed about wrongful deletions and additions during the Special Intensive Revision.
He condemned using Section 163 of the BNSS to impose sweeping restrictions on the CJP protest.

History

Historical Context

In April 1976 the Supreme Court of India, sitting in a five-judge bench, upheld Indira Gandhi’s authority to detain without trial in the ADM Jabalpur habeas-corpus case. A 4:1 majority held that Article 21 could be suspended, while Justice Hans Raj Khanna’s lone dissent warned that such power erodes the rule of law and has since been cited in debates over emergency powers.

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Supreme Court Bans Detentions

The Supreme Court ordered free movement in Delhi and banned illegal detentions during the CJP protests.
Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana directed that internet services remain uninterrupted.
The court ordered the Section 163 notice board outside the Supreme Court to be removed.
Metro closures fell from 57 to 45 after the interim order.
More than 7,000 protesters, including CJP leader Abhijit Dipke, were detained on October 10.

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