Overview
- The High Powered Enquiry Committee told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it had received very few or no formal complaints about police action during the July 20 CJP march, and its October 31 status report said none were filed online or in person.
- The court granted petitioners the right to send evidence directly to the committee, allowed video and third‑party submissions, and noted the HPEC has launched an anonymous complaints portal.
- The bench ordered the panel to start furnishing interim fact‑finding reports without delay and to examine documents and seek responses from officials, with the matter listed for further review in coming weeks.
- Reporting from July 20 shows police used lathi charges and tear gas to disperse crowds heading toward Parliament, and hospitals treated dozens with fractures, tear‑gas swelling, and head and eye injuries.
- The HPEC has run wide outreach — notices in 149 newspapers and a re‑invitation for complaints on October 21 — and the low response raises questions about available records, including Delhi Police data on the types of ammunition used.