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Delhi protests against CEC: What the law says about preventive detention | Explained

2026-10-13T15:52:00.000Z

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The Supreme Court directed the Union government and the Delhi Police to stop illegal detentions and allow free and smooth movement of people and traffic, as well as the operations of Metro and rail services, but “subject to law and public order”

The tableau of Election commission of India passes through the Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade-2012, in New Delhi on January 23, 2012
Photo: Election Commission of India / Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India

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  1. The Hindu · National Anti-CEC protest highlights: Anti-SIR protests rock Delhi for the fifth day, hundreds detained
  2. Frontline · Politics Why is the Modi government so paranoid about a protest?
  3. ThePrint · Politics Delhi protest crackdown: Rahul backs young protesters, accuses Modi & RSS of ‘cowardice’—‘arrest us all’
  4. Business Standard · Politics CJP leaders sent to 5-day judicial custody, to be lodged in Tihar Jail
  5. The Hindu · National Preventive detention explained: Know your constitutional rights
  6. LiveLaw · Courts DMRC Files Affidavit Before Supreme Court Attributing Reduction In Metro Traffic To Protests; Says 'Ordinary Citizen Adversely Affected'

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Places: Delhi

Institutions: Election Commission, Supreme Court

Topics: Election Commission, Supreme Court, Protests, Law and order

Sources and further reading

  1. The Hindu · National — Delhi protests against CEC: What the law says about preventive detention | Explained
  2. The Hindu · National — Anti-CEC protest highlights: Anti-SIR protests rock Delhi for the fifth day, hundreds detained
  3. Frontline · Politics — Why is the Modi government so paranoid about a protest?
  4. ThePrint · Politics — Delhi protest crackdown: Rahul backs young protesters, accuses Modi & RSS of ‘cowardice’—‘arrest us all’
  5. Business Standard · Politics — CJP leaders sent to 5-day judicial custody, to be lodged in Tihar Jail
  6. The Hindu · National — Preventive detention explained: Know your constitutional rights
  7. LiveLaw · Courts — DMRC Files Affidavit Before Supreme Court Attributing Reduction In Metro Traffic To Protests; Says 'Ordinary Citizen Adversely Affected'
  8. The Hindu · National — Delhi protests: Metro was ‘fully functional’, 32 lakh rode trains on October 10: DMRC tells Supreme Court
  9. LiveLaw · Courts — Delhi Protest | Section 172 BNSS Unconstitutional, Enables Arbitrary Detention By Police: Plea In Supreme Court
  10. The Hindu · National — Petitions in Supreme Court allege police excesses during Delhi CEC protests
  11. Scroll · Latest — Ahead of CJP protest, authorities turn Connaught Place, central Delhi into fortress
  12. The Hindu · National — CPI(M) alleges ‘double standards’ in police action against protests in Kasaragod