Supreme Court Seeks Central Government's response on Baba Ramdev eviction
Taking suo motu cognisance of forceful eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi, the Supreme Court today sought the Centre's response on the incident. A vacation bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatenter Kumar issued notices to the Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of Delhi, Delhi administration, and Delhi Police Commissioner asking them to respond within two weeks.The court asked them to reply as to what were the circumstances under which the people had to be dispersed in the midnight by the use of force. The court posted the matter for hearing in the second week of July.However, the court declined to entertain a petition filed by advocate Ajay Aggarwal on the issue. The bench expressed its displeasure that before the matter came up for hearing before it, the entire contents of the petition were leaked to the media. Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notices to Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of NCT and Delhi Police Commissioner on the Police action at the gathering in Ramlila Maidan, Delhi. According to an official release, the commission has asked them to file their reply within two weeks.
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