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India Supreme Court Rules Hundreds of Protest Detentions Illegal
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- India’s Supreme Court declared hundreds of protester detentions illegal.
- Authorities deployed 40,000 security personnel over the weekend to contain protests.
- Cockroach Janta Party leaders were detained and released only after a court order.
- Party founder Abhijeet Dipke called Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “biggest coward” in the country.
- Dipke pledged to double protests after the Electoral Commission allegedly removed millions of voter names.