The court's decision came while hearing six petitions seeking medical treatment and compensation for injured students in the protests against CAA over the past few days. The court has set February 4 as the next date for hearing.
"Announcements were made in the locality since two-three days asking us to mobilise people to protest against the NRC. We were asked to gather on Tuesday," said a protestor speaking to India Today.
The Delhi Police has also named former Congress MLA Asif Khan as one of the accused in its FIR. Six people including four local politicians and the former Congress MLA have been named as suspects in the Delhi Police FIR.
Narendra Modi government was correcting the historical wrong, said Amit Shah defending the CAA. He added that had the Congress not agreed to divide the country over religious lines, this situation would never have come.
Social Media was abuzz with the unfounded rumours that the man who was seen pounding batons at the violent mob of protesting students was affiliated to the RSS