New DelhiPolice kept detaining protesters despite a Supreme Court ban.
India’s Supreme Court barred detaining peaceful, unarmed protesters outside legal procedure on Sunday.
Protesters oppose Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and Delhi Police have registered more than 20 criminal cases over Saturday’s march.
“Brute force has been used against people who were protesting peacefully,” said Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader John Brittas.
The court is also hearing a contempt plea alleging wilful disobedience of its 9 October order.
How each outlet framed it
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- Hindustan Times leans critical
- reports the court's order that peaceful unarmed protesters cannot be detained except by 'procedure established by law', and quotes Brittas on the police 'brute force'
- Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd
- frames the Sunday hearing through Gehlot's political claim that the nation is in a serious situation, and quotes SCAORA's writ over advocates' mistreatment
Sources: Hindustan Times, Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd