Expect proper behaviour from everyone: SC rejects request to halt CJP’s September 5 march

The Supreme Court stated on Monday that it expects everyone to act and behave in a peaceful and legal manner and declined to issue instructions on a plea seeking prohibition on a protest march that the Cockroach Janta Party has organised on September 5.

In order to investigate claims of police violence during the NEET demonstrations, a bench made up of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi, and V Mohana asked the petitioner to submit his case to the High Powered Inquiry Committee.

“Let the matter be listed along with pending petitions. To be heard on September 10,” the bench said, issuing notice in the matter.

“They are expected to maintain law and order, and the enforcing agency has the responsibility to maintain law and order, saying what is illegal and what is permissible. We are expecting them to act within that framework. From both sides, we are expecting that they will respect, they will conduct themselves and they will follow the law of the land,” the bench said.

In an attempt to convince the organization to end its 36-day protest citing examination irregularities, the CJP has called for a protest march in Delhi, claiming that the Center has broken pledges made on July 25.

Although the CJP had announced intentions for a procession from India Gate to the Delhi Police Headquarters, the city police had previously stated that it had not received any requests for one.

Rajendra Singh, a retired Delhi Police officer, filed the plea, requesting that no public call for a large-scale mobilisation, march, or organised demonstration be carried out in security-sensitive constitutional zones, such as India Gate, Central Vista, and surrounding areas, unless the organisers have first obtained the necessary permissions.

Additionally, it requests that any planned mobilisation in Lutyens’ Delhi be controlled, postponed, or appropriately altered until after the BRICS Summit, which is set for September 12–13.

Additionally, the plea requests that no march or procession go beyond the permitted boundaries unless approved by law and in compliance with the local regulations. Families of students who committed suicide as a result of the NEET’s cancellation earlier this year and the retest that followed, as well as those who experienced police abuse during the July protests, will lead the CJP march on Teachers’ Day.