At the Supreme Court hearing on the de-notification of Jantar Mantar, Justice Joymalya Bagchi remarked that voices can be heard from far-off places in the digital age, prompting Senior Advocate N. Hariharan to ask why protesters then need to be in Delhi at all.
The Supreme Court issued notice on pleas against the de-notification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site, asking whether the decision rested on its oral observations or on application of mind; the Solicitor General said a committee report was the basis.
Advocate Swaty Singh has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi Police order de-notifying Jantar Mantar as a protest site, contending that shifting protests to three distant grounds violates Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b). The contentions are the petitioner’s and untested.
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