New Delhi : Following the intervention of the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Delhi Police released around 50–60 lawyers, including senior advocates and women, several hours after detaining them during a protest near the Supreme Court premises on Saturday. Advocate Devvrat, president of the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association, also confirmed that the CJI had directed the authorities to release the lawyers.
SCBA president Pradeep Rai raised the issue in a post on X around 11.30 am, describing the reported detention of Supreme Court advocates from their chambers as “deeply disturbing”. Rai said the matter was being urgently brought to the attention of the CJI and demanded the immediate release of the lawyers. Around 10 minutes later, Rai posted an update saying he had also spoken to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), New Delhi, who had assured him that the detained lawyers would be released immediately.
SCBA honorary secretary Pragya Baghel wrote to the CJI, seeking urgent intervention over the reported detention of advocates protesting peacefully outside the Supreme Court premises. Baghel said several senior advocates and other lawyers, including women advocates, had reportedly been detained using excessive police force. She added that the association had passed a resolution expressing “grave concern” and condemning the reported action.
The SCBA urged the CJI to intervene with the concerned authorities to establish the whereabouts and safety of the detained advocates, ensure their access to legal assistance and secure the release of those against whom there were no lawful grounds for detention.
The detentions came amid heightened security ahead of the CJP’s planned October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar. Prohibitory orders are in force across New Delhi, with police using loudspeakers to warn people against violating restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
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