Supreme Court refuses to stop CJP’s September 5 march

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass an urgent order restricting the march that the Cockroach Janta Party has planned in Delhi on September 5, Live Law reported.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant said it could not presume that a law and order problem will arise because of the march. “We will, at least as of now, presume everybody will behave in a peaceful manner,” Kant was quoted as saying by Live Law.

The Cockroach Janta Party had called for a peaceful march from India Gate to the Delhi Police headquarters on September 5, saying the Union government had failed to “honour its July 25 commitments” that led the political campaign to call off its protest at Jantar Mantar.

The protests against alleged mismanagement of several competitive examinations began on June 6, when the Cockroach Janta Party held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union education minister at the time.

On July 20, thousands joined the protest. This came two days after the police forcibly took activist Sonam Wangchuk, who had been on a hunger strike for three weeks, to hospital.

The protesters’ march to Parliament was met with a crackdown by police. Dozens were injured as the police used lathis and fired tear gas shells and pellet guns at the demonstrators. The...

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