Advocate Ajay Agarwal filed Petition in Supreme Court against eviction of Ramdev baba alleged barbaric police action

Advocate Ajay Agarwal filed Petition in Supreme Court against
eviction of Ramdev baba alleged barbaric police action

Advocate Ajay Agarwal filed a petition in Supreme Court of India seeking a direction to the government to issue a white paper on the entire episode leading to the eviction of yoga guru Ramdev and the alleged barbaric police action early today against his followers at the Ramlila Grounds.


In the petition, the advocate ajay has alleged that the forceful eviction of Ramdev and the use of force against his followers was against the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14,19 and 21 of the Constitution.

In the petition, Agarwal has named Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Sibal, Bansal, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, Home Secretary G K Pillai, IB Chief Nehchal Sandhu and Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta as respondents.

The petition, moved before Additional Registrar Vinod Kumar who is the vacation officer, sought a direction to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Intelligence Bureau and Delhi Police to produce the entire records leading to the action. He said that records should be produced within 24 hours.

The additional registrar Vinod Kumar asked Agarwal to mention the petition tomorrow before a vacation bench comprising justices B S Chauhan and Swantanter Kumar at 10:30 am for hearing.

Advocate Ajay Agrawal demanded that government the government should explain the entire sequence of events, details of negotiations and the so-called deal between the government and Ramdev.

The petition has also sought direction to the government to restrain its ministers - Kapil Sibal, Subodh Kant Sahay and Pawan Kumar Bansal - from making any statement, justifying the midnight swoop which is leading to provocation among the public.

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Monday, June 06, 2011

Source – PTI

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