A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud agreed to take it up on April 5 after senior advocate AM Singhvi mentioned it for urgent listing and hearing.
Alleging that 95 per cent of the cases were against opposition leaders, Singhvi said, "We're asking for pre-arrest and post-arrest guidelines to be followed by the prosecuting agencies and courts."
He, however, clarified, "We're not trying to affect the existing investigations."
The 14 political parties represented 42% spectrum, Singhvi said, adding that the petitioners were saying that democracy was in peril.
The petition comes at a time when several leaders of the political parties -- which have moved the top court -- are facing CBI and Enforcement Directorate probes in corruption and money-laundering cases.
The petitioners alleged that many opposition leaders had been arbitrarily arrested by the central probe agencies
Several opposition parties on Friday took out a protest march from Parliament House, alleging that democracy is in "danger" and demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue.
Prominent leaders, including KC Venugopal, Adhir Chowdhury, K Suresh, Manickam Tagore, Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammed Javed, were stopped by the police and detained at Vijay Chowk here for violating prohibitory orders, the opposition claimed.
Addressing the media at Vijay Chowk, several leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, also raised the issue of Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case by a Surat court and alleged that the government was targeting the opposition with cases to suppress their voices.
After a protest at the Parliament House complex, a host of Opposition leaders from parties such as the CPI, CPI(M), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray), JD(U) and Aam Aadmi Party marched to Vijay Chowk, holding placards like 'We demand JPC' and 'Save LIC' and a huge banner in front of them with 'Democracy in danger' written on it.
"We're fighting for JPC into the Adani issue for months. They have a majority but the BJP is scared as there's something fishy. We'll keep fighting for it," Kharge said.
He also hit out at BJP chief JP Nadda over his allegation that Rahul Gandhi compared OBC communities to thieves and accused the BJP of indulging in "caste politics".
AAP's Sanjay Singh said Gandhi's conviction showed that the government wanted to finish off the opposition by slapping cases on them.
