To, 

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana Garu,

The Chief Justice of India,

Supreme Court of India, 

New Delhi.

Subject: Application letter to take Suo Motu cognizance in the matter of saving the Indian constitutional charter, values and Protect the Fundamental Rights, Rule of Law from Indian Police brutality 

Respected Sir,

This letter wants to draw your Lordship’s attention to the beating of people with lathis, using violence, abusive words, and how civilians are being treated by police personnel throughout the country. Indian citizens are losing their fundamental rights due to the authoritarian culture embraced by Police and bureaucrats. The judicial authorities should uphold the law and protect the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Fundamental rights of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution of India.

Especially Article 21 of the constitution ensures the right to life with dignity and personal liberty. However, during the pandemic, many people who were out to do ordinary chores, or attending hospital, or for any other purpose have been beaten blue and black. There were instances where the youth had accelerated their vehicles while seeing the police and it led to accidents and injuries. Our grievance is that police ought to treat civilians with dignity and respect. There needs to be transparency and a model code of conduct in dealing with civilians. 

We would like to bring to your lordship’s kind notice that this Institution Supreme Court of India time and again under article 142 of Indian Constitution has brought reforms in protecting human rights and Rule of Law such as Guidelines in D.K.Basu vs state of Bengal regarding the Rights of an accused during arrest, the procedure to be followed by the police during an arrest. Guidelines regarding police reforms in Prakash Singh Vs Union of India reported in (2006), Reforms in CBI Vineet Narain Vs Union of India.

In this letter, we would like to appeal to your lordships to take this grievance in the interest of the public as a Suo Motu PIL petition. Your Lordships may kindly also understand, the future of pandemics and lockdowns is unpredictable. There may or may not be lockdowns in the future. But, if there is a lockdown in the future, this PIL seeks to plead this apex court of justice to protect the people of India. As they say, a stitch in time saves nine. It is not right to beat a person with lathi or damage their personal properties. It is below human dignity to do so.  

We would request the honorable court to take this case seriously for the good and welfare of all.

With warm personal regards, 

Yours Sincerely, 

Raghavendar Askani

Co-founder, Director

Swatantrata Center

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