Pleas relating to Delhi violence reach SC & HC, hearing on Wednesday

pleas relating to rth-east Delhi violence, which has claimed 10 lives, reached Supreme Court and Delhi High Court on Tuesday and y will hear matter on Wednesday.

first plea was mentioned in apex court on behalf of former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah and ors who sought direction to police to lodge FIRs on complaints regarding ongoing violence over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

A bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph will hear it fresh application on Wednesday when it will also take up pleas seeking removal of protestors from Shaheen Bagh, on which court-appointed interlocutors have filed a report in sealed cover.

Shortly after mentioning in apex court, a similar plea filed by human rights activist Harsh Mander and activist Farah Naqvi was mentioned before high court, which also agreed to hear it on Wednesday.

Mander and Naqvi have also sought registration of FIRs and arrest of persons involved in ongoing violence rth-east Delhi over CAA.

petition before high court specifically sought action against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and Kapil Mishra for allegedly making hate speeches and inciting violence.

fresh application, filed in apex court by Habibullah, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and social activist Bahadur Abbas Naqvi, has also sought direction to authorities to provide adequate security and ensure safety of women protestors at Shaheen Bagh and or places in national capital.

y have already filed an intervention application in top court in pending plea seeking removal of protestors from Shaheen Bagh.

In ir fresh application, y have alleged that on February 23, "Kapil Mishra, who is kwn for making speeches to instigate crowds with violence and vandalism, carried out a pro-CAA rally next to Maujpur-Babarpur metro station which is 2km away from peaceful protests that were going on at Jaffrabad".

Clashes broke out between groups supporting and opposing CAA in rth-east Delhi's Jafrabad and Maujpur on Monday, with protesters torching houses, shops and vehicles, and hurling stones at each or.

Violence has also been reported in Chandbagh and Bhajanpura areas of national capital.

Delhi Police head constable, Ratan Lal, was among 10 persons who have been killed in violence.