SC mandates free movement, no illegal detentions, ‘subject to public order’

Court seeks affidavits on Metro curbs and alleged violations of its October 9 orderA day after mass detentions and a “curfew-like” clampdown on civil rights, which senior lawyers compared to the 1975 Emergency, the Supreme Court convened what it called an “extraordinary, exceptional” Sunday hearing to direct the Union government and the Delhi Police to allow free and smooth movement of people and traffic, as well as the operations of Metro and rail services, but “subject to law and public order”.