Supreme Court's Stand on CAA Protest Utkarsh Shukla BASICS OF LAW Tue, Dec 17, 2019, at ,04:18 PM The Supreme Court is presently hearing matters concerning the violent incidents that took place at Jamia Milia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University. The protest in the universities started against the newly enacted Citizenship Amendment Act. Jamia protests hearing has commenced in Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court will deliver the judgement on Wednesday, 18th December. A bench of three judges, led by CJI SA Bobde andJustice B.R. Gavai, Justice Suryakant listed its statement on Tuesday on students of Jamia Milia Islamia. Advocates Indira Jaising, Mehmood Pracha and Colin Gonsalves are counsel in the case. On Monday, while hearing the case CJI said, “We don’t want to be held to ransom. What is this? Public property is being destroyed. Law and order will be taken care of by the police. Courts can’t do much.”While hearing the arguments, he said, “We want peace. If violence continues and destruction of public property continues, we don’t want to hear the case. Just because they are students, they cannot take the law into their own hands.”Concluding his argument he further mentioned, “We are not opposed to peaceful demonstrations but if you want to take to the streets, take to the streets.” Court asks Solicitor General Tushar Mehta about two concerns – 1) Students being arrested without notice to authorities 2) No medical attention being given to students. For now, Supreme Court has ordered,“Having regard to the nature of the matter and dispute and the vast area over which the matter is spread, we do not think it is feasible to appoint one committee for this.” Supreme Court directs the petitioners to approach the High Courts within whose jurisdiction the incidents have occurred.