'Don't use a hammer to kill a fly': SC cautions against excessive curbs, rules out blanket Metro shutdown

Parmod Kumar New Delhi, Oct 9 (UNI) Cautioning authorities against excessive security restrictions ahead of the October 10 protests in the national capital, the Supreme Court on Friday said "don't use hammer to kill a fly" and ruled out a complete shutdown of Delhi Metro services at 57 metro stations, asking the Centre instead to adopt proportionate regulatory measures. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana drew a distinction between regulating movement in the interest of law and order and imposing sweeping restrictions that inconvenience ordinary citizens. The court expressed particular concern over the…