{
  "id": 14146349,
  "title": "Supreme Court seeks presence of senior Delhi cop over ‘assault, detention’ of women journalists at CJP stir",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/supreme-court-seeks-presence-of-senior-delhi-cop-over-assault",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T07:44:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-cjp-protest-jantar-mantar-women-journalists-assaulted-detained-supreme-court-police-news-101791877012481.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has requested the presence of a senior Delhi Police officer to address allegations that women journalists covering recent protests in the capital were assaulted and detained. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant made this request after Indira Jaising mentioned a petition filed by the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) seeking safeguards for journalists, particularly women journalists, covering protests. The court's decision to seek a senior officer's presence comes amid allegations that journalists were assaulted, manhandled, and forcibly removed while reporting on protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The NWMI's petition seeks directions to ensure the safety and dignity of journalists covering protests and other public events, arguing that existing inquiries do not specifically address journalists' access to protest sites, their detention, or forcible removal.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}