Delhi Police objects to some statements

JAMIA VIOLENCE CASE

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police on Monday told the Delhi high court that certain statements made in the court by one of the petitioners in the Jamia Milia Islamia violence against Union home minister Amit Shah are “objectionable” and added that such direct allegations are “political ones which can be made at a protest side”.

Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the city police, told the court that he takes “strong exception” to the language used by advocate Sneha Mukherjee, counsel for the petitioner, in her rejoinder filed midjune, in which she claimed the police were given directions by the home minister to mercilessly beat the students.

Protesting use of such words, the SG said one cannot malign constitutional authorities and suggested that the plea was filed with a hidden motive to seek favourable orders. He said such “irresponsible” statements cannot be allowed and sought that they be removed from record.

“Irresponsible pleading is becoming an order of the day... This is more of a political statement made at a protest site and cannot be a pleading before the highest court of the state,” Mehta said while referring to a plea by Nabila Hasan who sought action against the alleged ruthless use of force and aggression on students.

Mehta was referring to the statement made in the rejoinder that stated, “It is very probable that the order to mercilessly beat the students and break their bones as they began to assemble outside Jamia to begin a peaceful march to the Parliament came