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The finding by the Commission headed by Justice S. Murlidhar provide a substantial evidentiary basis for investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity and, more controversially, reopen the debate on the interpretation of genocide in contemporary international law.
A deluge of videos document the Delhi police resorting to pellet shots, nail-studded lathis, tear gas, and even assaulting women protestors on July 20. By every metric, it impinged the principles of proportionality and minimal use of force.
The Court directed that no coercive action be taken against protesting students, ordered preservation of CCTV and drone footage, and issued notices to Delhi and six other states over the crackdown.
After a controversial elevation superseding three judges in the Nepalese Supreme Court under the Balen Shah regime, Nepals Chief Justice Manoj Sharma is on his first official visit to India, as courts across South Asia reel through varying forms of executive pressures.
Justice Mathur noted that the governments response to the ongoing student protests amounted to repression rather than democratic engagement, and called on the government to treat criticism as central to governance.