A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing petitions seeking a ban on the use of pellet guns to disperse crowds during protests. Police regulations permit the use of pellet guns in exceptional circumstances, Live Law quoted Bagchi as saying. “I could not find any such standing order of the Delhi Police at all,” the legal news outlet quoted her as saying. Grover also clarified that she was confining her challenge to the alleged use of “metallic pellets” and was not questioning whether pellet guns should form part of the Rapid Action Force’s armoury. Dozens were injured as the police used lathis, fired tear gas shells and pellet guns against the demonstrators.