New Delhi
A group of former judges and advocates have sent a letter-petition to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana asking him to take cognizance of the alleged illegal detention of protesters and demolition of houses and other police atrocities in Uttar Pradesh in retaliation to the violent protests over remarks on Prophet Mohammad.
The petitioners are Former Justices of Supreme Court B. Sudarshan Reddy, V. Gopala Gowda, A.K. Ganguly, Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court A P Shah, Justice K Chandru, former judge, Madras High Court, Justice Mohammad Anwar, former judge, Karnataka High Court, and senior advocates Shanti Bhushan, Indira Jaising, Chandra Uday Singh, Shriram Panchu, Prashant Bhushan, and Anand Grover.
The letter petition addressed to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, states that instead of giving protestors an opportunity of being heard and engaging with them and allowing them to join peaceful protests, the Uttar Pradesh administration has sanctioned taking “violent action against them.”
"The Chief Minister has reportedly officially exhorted officials "to take such action against those guilty that it sets an example so that no one commits a crime or takes the law into their hands in the future. "He has further directed the National Security Act, 1980, and the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, against those found guilty of unlawful protests. “These comments encouraged the police to brutally and illegally torture protesters.”
The letter says that the UP Police have arrested more than 300 people. An FIR was registered against the protestors. The petition further stated that various videos have come to the fore in which it is seen that the police are beating the youths in custody with sticks.
The houses of the protesters are being demolished without any notice. The police are beating the protesters of the Muslim community and it’s a violation of the rights of citizens and making fun of fundamental rights.
In a coordinated manner, the police and development authorities have come to a clear conclusion that a demolition is a form of collective extra-judicial punishment, which is illegal. In the petition, the Supreme Court has also been urged to take action on the deteriorating law and order situation in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the letter says.
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