SC to hear pleas claiming police offence on students protesting against CAA

The Supreme
Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday pleas which have alleged police offence on
students holding protests against the amended Citizenship Act at the Aligarh
Muslim University and the Jamia Millia Islamia University Delhi.

A bench
headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde on Monday also took serious note of the
rioting and destruction of public property during protests against the Act and
said this must stop immediately.

A group of
lawyers led by senior advocate Indira Jaising and Collin Gonsalves mentioned
the matter before the court urging it to take on its own notice of the alleged
violence unleashed against students who are holding protest against the Act.

The bench
also comprising justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant asked the lawyers to file
their petitions and said it would hear them tomorrow.