Pellet Guns, Police Surveillance: Supreme Court Told Constitutional Questions From Student Protests Are Outside Committee’s Remit

Even as the High-Powered Committee begins its fact-finding, the Supreme Court was reminded that the weightier constitutional questions from the student protests, the legality of pellet guns and of police data-collection through private companies, must be decided by the Court itself, since a fact-finding body cannot rule on constitutional validity. New Delhi: As the Supreme […]

Gen Z Protests: Supreme Court To Set Up Judicial Committee, Weighs Quashing FIRs

The Supreme Court said it will constitute a high-powered judicial committee to probe alleged police excesses against student protesters and consider quashing FIRs against peaceful protesters. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would constitute a high-powered judicial committee, headed by a retired judge and comprising a former CBI Director and a former […]