What happened
The Union government told the Delhi High Court that a public interest litigation alleging surveillance of protesters during a Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led agitation at Jantar Mantar had become infructuous because the protest had ended. The High Court bench, consisting of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, indicated that the broader issue of surveillance of protesters could be examined in an appropriate case, but it asked the petitioner to file a fresh plea rather than a petition tied only to the specific CJP protest.
Background and earlier position
The PIL was filed to challenge alleged surveillance of protesters connected to the CJP-led agitation at Jantar Mantar. The petitioner in the matter is Aishe Ghosh, former JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union) president.
What changed now in the court’s approach
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