CAA protests: 'Students can't take law and order in their hands,' CJI on Jamia, AMU students protests

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear pleas related to the Jamia Milia Islamia clashes tomorrow (Thursday) and has also issued warnings to students to stop riots.

"We will determine the rights but not in the atmosphere of riots, let all of this stop and then we will take suo motu cognizance. We are not against rights and peaceful demonstrations,' said Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde.

"Just because they happen to be students, it doesn't mean they can take law and order in their hands, this has to be decided when things cool down. This is not the frame of mind when we can decide anything. Let the rioting stop," the JCI added.

Senior advocate Indira Jaising has mentioned Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University incidents before a bench headed by Chief Justice Bobde.

Jaising has urged the SC to take suo motu cognizance of the issue saying "It's a very serious human rights violation all over the country."

Meanwhile, a plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court against the police action on students at the Jamia Millia Islamia University on Sunday night. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar declined to list the plea for urgent hearing, saying there was "no urgency in the matter".

The plea sought judicial inquiry into the action taken by the police, including allegedly firing at the students.

It also seeks proper medical treatment and compensation for the injured students.

Protestors torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed with police in New Friends' Colony near Jamia University during a demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act, leaving six cops and two firemen injured, officials said.

The trouble started during a protest by students of Jamia Millia Islamia. But a students' body later said they had nothing to do with the violence and arson and alleged that "certain elements" had joined in and "disrupted" the demonstration.

Soon after the violence, Jamia Millia Islamia Chief Proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan claimed that the Delhi Police entered the campus forcibly without any permission and beat up staff members and students who were then forced to leave the campus.

Condemning the police action, university Vice-Chancellor Najma Akhtar said students who were inside the library have been taken out and are safe.

With Agency Inputs)

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