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Association for Protection of Civil Rights (Apcr) v. State (Nct of Delhi) & Ors.

Delhi HC6 Apr 2026W.P.(CRL)/896/2026

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What is this about?

Communal harmony; preventive policing; Uttam Nagar; Eid-ul-Fitr; Ram Navami; Hanuman Jayanti; peace committees; flag marches; security deployment; Delhi Police; GNCTD; Union of India; APCR; disposal of writ petition; continuing compliance efforts with order dated 19.03.2026; appreciation of police officials; W.P.(CRL) 896/2026; Delhi High Court; Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya; Tejas Karia.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of, with a continuing provision that the efforts of the Police and other authorities for ensuring compliance of the Court's order dated 19.03.2026 shall continue as and when any such situation arises. ¶19

Association for Protection of Civil Rights (Apcr) Vs State (Nct of Delhi) & Ors. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether, in view of the implementation of the Court's directions dated 19.03.2026 for preservation of communal peace in Uttam Nagar (as acknowledged in the petitioner's affidavit), the proceedings of the writ petition needed to be continued further.

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Court's answer

In view of the petitioner's affidavit recording appreciation of the manner in which the Court's directions were implemented, the proceedings of the writ petition were not required to be continued any further; the petition was accordingly disposed of.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court provided that the efforts made by the Police and other authorities for ensuring compliance of its order dated 19.03.2026 shall continue, as and when any such situation arises.

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Key takeaways

The Court placed on record its appreciation for the efforts of DCP Kushal Pal Singh, Addl. DCP Niharika, ACP Sanjeev Kumar and his team in ensuring that the three festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti were celebrated peacefully and in a law abiding manner.obiter¶23

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High Court of Delhi (Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, CJ and Tejas Karia, J) disposed of W.P.(CRL) 896/2026 filed by Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) against State (NCT of Delhi) & Ors. By an earlier order dated 19.03.2026, the Court had issued detailed directions in connection with communal peace arrangements in Uttam Nagar in the run-up to Eid-ul-Fitr. On 06.04.2026, taking note of the petitioner's affidavit — which recorded appreciation of the Delhi Police's implementation of those directions, including taking local stakeholders into confidence, formation of peace committees, regular flag marches and deployment of adequate security measures — the Court held that further proceedings were unnecessary and disposed of the petition, while providing that the efforts made by the Police and other authorities for ensuring compliance of the order dated 19.03.2026 shall continue as and when any such situation arises. The Court also recorded its appreciation of DCP Kushal Pal Singh, Addl. DCP Niharika, ACP Sanjeev Kumar and his team for ensuring that Eid ul-Fitr, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti were celebrated peacefully and in a law abiding manner.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(CRL) 896/2026, CRL.M.As. 8520/2026 & 8521/2026

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ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS (APCR)

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.....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Shahrukh Alam, Mr. Archit Krishna, Mr. M. Huzaifa, Ms. Tamanna Pankaj, Advs. Versus

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STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ORS. .....Respondents

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Through: Mr. Sanjay Lao, SC with Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC for State. Mr.Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr.Amit Tiwari, CGSC, Mr.Amit Gupta, Ms.Ayushi Srivastava, Mr.Ayush Tanwar and Mr.Arpan Narwal, Advs for UoI. DCP Kushal Pal Singh with Addl. DCP Niharika, ACP Sanjeev Kumar

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CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA

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O R D E R % 06.04.2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.Sanjay Lao, learned Standing Counsel (Criminal) for respondent-GNCTD and Mr.Chetan Sharma, learned ASG for respondent-Union of India.

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Taking cognizance of this petition, the Court vide its order dated 19.03.2026 had issued detailed directions.

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 09/04/2026 at 13:30:58

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An affidavit has been filed by the petitioner, which is taken on record. In the said affidavit, it has been recorded by the petitioner that it would like to place on record its appreciation for the manner in which the directions issued by the Court were implemented by the Delhi Police. Certain other averments have also been made in the affidavit.

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We would like to extract paragraph no.3 and 6 of the said affidavit, which read as under:

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“3. That the Petitioner Organisation would like to place on record its appreciation of the manner in which the the directions of the Delhi High Court were implemented by the Delhi Police. This included taking local stakeholders into confidence, formation of peace committees, regular flag marches and deployment of adequate security measures to prevent anti-social elements from disturbing the peace.

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6. That the order passed by this Hon'ble Court in the present case, as well as the actions of the Delhi Police, have gone a long way in restoring confidence and creating goodwill among members of all communities in Uttam Nagar. In fact, we believe that the manner in which security measures were undertaken and communicated to the general public will serve as a model for dealing with communally sensitive situations by the police and administrative machinery in other parts of the country. We submit that local peace committees, who could then liaison with the police authorities, could become a standard model across sensitive districts for preservation of peace and harmony. We further pray that, in continuance of the measures undertaken to ensure maintenance of peace and security, the Delhi Police will carry out a thorough investigation into the outside elements who had sought to create a communally polarised atmosphere in Uttam Nagar in the lead up to the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations.”

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In view of the aforesaid, we are of the opinion that proceedings of this writ petition may not be required to be continued any further. The petition is, thus, disposed of. However, we provide that the efforts made by the Police and other authorities for ensuring compliance of our order dated 19.03.2026

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 09/04/2026 at 13:30:58

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shall continue, as and when, any such situation arises.

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We would like to place on record our appreciation for the efforts made by the concerned DCP Kushal Pal Singh, Addl.DCP Niharika, ACP Sanjeev Kumar and his team for ensuring that all the three festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti were celebrated peacefully and in a law abiding manner.

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DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ

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TEJAS KARIA, J

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APRIL 06, 2026/MJ

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 09/04/2026 at 13:30:58

Association for Protection of Civil Rights (Apcr) v. State (Nct of Delhi) & Ors.

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