The High Court questioned the maintainability of a plea moved by CGP members challenging their custody extension by the Special Executive Magistrate. The court asked why the petitioners approached the High Court instead of seeking statutory alternate remedies before the district magistrate under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. During the hearing, the bench noted that a peace bond furnished by the protesters had been breached the very next day at the de-notified protest site of Jantar Mantar. The court also raised questions regarding the identity and age of the protesters, pointing out that individuals aged 27 and 31 could not claim to represent a Gen Z student agitation while raising different causes such as voting rights. The bench observed that in a writ petition it examines whether proper procedure was followed rather than the factual merits considered by the magistrate.
