Delhi Police have denied permission for Diljit Dosanjh's October 30 concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which was to open the Aura India Tour, citing security concerns and the festive season, according to reports on October 22.
The Bombay High Court has banned firecrackers on public roads, streets and footpaths in Mumbai, called it shocking that the city's pollution is surpassing Delhi's, and summoned the heads of the BMC, police and pollution board for October 26.
Delhi's air quality turned poor for the first time this season on October 21, with the AQI at 245, and the Commission for Air Quality Management invoked GRAP Stage I; forecasts say conditions will stay poor in the coming days.
At a special Sunday sitting on October 11, the Supreme Court directed that Delhi's Metro and rail services be restored, internet access kept uninterrupted and barricades reviewed, and sought responses on alleged excessive force and illegal detentions.
The Supreme Court will hear a contempt plea on Sunday, October 11, alleging that Delhi Metro stations were kept closed on October 10 despite its October 9 order against a complete prohibition of Metro and train movement.
Lawyers detained outside the Supreme Court during the CJP protest on October 10 were released after the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Solicitor General sought the Chief Justice of India's intervention, according to Bar and Bench and The Tribune.
Delhi Police's Crime Branch has begun a probe into the violence at the July 20 Cockroach Janta Party march to Parliament, examining whether it was premeditated and using facial recognition to identify 2,873 suspects with criminal backgrounds, according to police sources.
