SC seeks government explanation on Ramdev action
06 Jun 2011
The Supreme Court today, taking suo motu cognisance of forceful eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi, sought the response of the centre on the incident.
A vacation bench of justices BS Chauhan and Swatenter Kumar issued notices to the union home secretary, chief secretary of Delhi, Delhi administration, and Delhi Police commissioner asking them to respond within two weeks.
The court has asked for a reply on the circumstances the assembly had to be forcibly evicted at midnight.
The court posted the matter for hearing in the second week of July while it turned down a petition filed by advocate Ajay Aggarwal on the issue.
The bench expressed its displeasure over the leaking of the contents of the petition in entirety to the media even before it had come up for hearing.
Delhi police in a crackdown on Baba Ramdev and thousands of his supporters at Ramlila Maidan on Saturday night, forcibly put an end to their hunger strike against corruption and black money.
