Delhi HC to hear plea against of Jantar Mantar closure as protest site
The Delhi High Court agreed to hear on Tuesday a petition regarding the alleged closure of Jantar Mantar as a protest site in the capital.
A lawyer mentioned the matter before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma on Monday, stating that peaceful protests were being quelled as authorities had not earmarked an alternative site for them.
The court also agreed to hear on Tuesday another petition alleging that "outsiders" had entered the protest held over the weekend and harassed the protesters.
When the counsel urged the bench to urgently hear the petition regarding the protest site on Monday, the court observed that the issue was also being looked into by the Supreme Court.
"Tomorrow.
The Supreme Court is equally seized of the matter.
Not only that, but the Supreme Court has called on the Union to file their affidavits also.
Once the Supreme Court is seized of it, we have to see - to what extent we can look at it again.
That's why let us have
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