The Supreme Court will hear a contempt plea on Sunday.
It is about Delhi Metro closures on October 10.
The plea says an October 9 order was not followed.
The bench is of Justices Bagchi and Mohana.
The authorities have defended the measures.
It accuses the Delhi Metro, Delhi Police and the Union government of deliberate disregard of the court’s orders.
The plea relies on the order passed on Friday, October 9, by a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana.
That order directed that there be no complete prohibition on the movement of Metro and train services into Delhi on October 10.
The bench observed that the notifications appeared to overreach, and that a total prohibition is different from regulation of transport.
The plea says that Metro stations in Delhi were kept closed despite that direction.
Authorities closed 45 stations from 9 pm on Friday until 6 pm on Saturday for security reasons, according to an advisory cited in the plea.
The plea seeks immediate revocation of blanket prohibitory orders against Metro and railway operations.
It also seeks a strictly regulated operating schedule with immediate public notice.
The Supreme Court said on October 9 that an entire city cannot be shut down because of protests.
It said that restrictions must be proportionate and that authorities must issue a traffic advisory and give due publicity to their decisions.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had defended the measures as meant to maintain law and order.
On October 10, entry and exit were limited at 45 Metro stations until 6 pm, and mobile internet was cut near Kartavya Path, according to Careerindia.
The Federal reported that train arrivals at New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin stations were curtailed.
A contempt petition alleges that a court’s order was knowingly disobeyed, and the court decides whether there was wilful disobedience.
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