Cops scuttle stir for judicial reform

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 13 Desember 2014 | 22.10

NEW DELHI: A protest in front of Delhi high court by litigants demanding judicial reforms was scuttled by the Delhi Police at the last moment on Friday. The protestors, mostly those with cases pending in various Delhi courts for years together, attempted to form a human chain with placards on Sher Shah Suri Marg.

But even as they assembled in the morning, local police arrived and broke up the protests, and detained the group at Tilak Marg police station. "They asked for a permission to protest outside high court. They weren't given any permission. When they were protesting they were detained for a few hours at PS Tilak Marg. This was done under section 65 of Delhi Police Act," Vijay Singh, DCP (New Delhi), told TOI.

The litigants, however, remained defiant, saying there was no reason to deny permission to raise the issue of delay in justice and that their fundamental right to freedom of expression was violated by police. "We applied for permission for the rally on December 2. There was no word from them till just 24 hours before the protests. Suddenly they decided it may cause a law and order problem and declined our plea. If merely saying that we want justice not adjournments in court can pose danger to law and order, we wonder what will happen to democracy in this country," founder of Fight4judicial Reforms, Gulshan Pahuja, said.

Pahuja said the demand of the protestors for swift disposal of cases is valid and no one has asked that cases must be ruled in their favour. "We only want justice not delay." The human chain was supposed to raise awareness about pendency of cases in Delhi and came in the backdrop of an earlier protest staged by litigants last week. Some claimed they have suffered 1,500-1,900 dates. Litigants were brought together by Pahuja and another NGO Forum for Fast Justice Janhit Manch.

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