Supreme Court sets Sunday hearing of contempt plea against October 10 Delhi transit shutdown

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India’s Supreme Court has scheduled a Sunday hearing on a contempt petition concerning the October 10 shutdown of Delhi transit. The petitioner argues that the shutdown violated an earlier court order against blanket bans that impose hardship on commuters.

In the petition, advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi argued that the shutdown violated the Supreme Court’s October 9 order, which barred blanket bans that cause hardship to ordinary commuters