CJP protest crackdown, detentions: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court's Sunday hearing

The Supreme Court is holding a special hearing on Sunday on petitions challenging the preventive detention of thousands of protesters, including opposition leaders and four former Chief Ministers, amid a massive crackdown on protests called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and various other political parties.

The protestors were seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar amid growing criticism of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which has resulted in the deletion of millions of voters' names. 

The authorities had shut down Delhi Metro services to prevent protesters from travelling to Jantar Mantar.

CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained inside an aircraft after it landed. Former Chief Ministers Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan and Manik Sarkar were also detained by the police.

Among those who have approached the Court are Trinamool Congress MP and Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy and advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi.

While Guruswamy has challenged the detentions and the police action of picking up protesters from the streets, Tripathi has filed a separate contempt petition, alleging that Delhi Metro stations remained closed on Sunday despite the Court's October 9 order against a complete shutdown of public transport ahead of the protests.

Live updates from the hearing below.