CJP legal head says Delhi Police arrested Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka in Jantar Mantar case
Delhi Police filed an FIR against Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and other CJP members for allegedly trespassing into the Jantar Mantar area without authorisation
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Delhi Police filed an FIR against Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and other CJP members for allegedly trespassing into the Jantar Mantar area without authorisation
Following mass agitations demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Delhi Police formally de-notified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest venue on October 12, 2026
The de-notification of Jantar Mantar has drawn criticism from activists and Opposition parties who allege that this is a stifling of the citizensโ right to protest.
Modi will denotify democracy itself, he says after government denotifies Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site
The lawyer urged the court to take up the plea urgently, arguing that peaceful demonstrations were being curtailed in the absence of an alternative venue designated by the authorities
Delhi Police had converted multiple sports complexes and community centres across the city into temporary holding facilities as part of arrangements to prevent protesters from assembling at Jantar Mantar
Heavy security, transport curbs fail to prevent protesters from gathering near Jantar Mantar; all detainees released by evening, say police sourcesย
The Office of the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner (OHCHR) said it was โconcernedโ by reports of โmass detentionsโ at the Delhi protests, a statement that the government rejected
Crackdown by police and paramilitary forces prompts flash protests near Safdarjung flyover, Dilli Haat, Raj Ghat; demonstrators sing protest songs, hold public lectures at makeshift detention centres
As protesters struggle to reach designated protest site, students and others gather in smaller groups near INA; police detain hundreds
As central Delhi remained fortified, many individuals and groups of protesters protested away from Jantar Mantar after finding out that CJP leaders and political leaders had been detained by the police.
Mamata Banerjee and other MAITC leaders were scheduled to join todayโs protest at Jantar Mantar. However, they were denied permission to leave
Dhruv Rathee was staying with his parents at a flat in Central Park Vihar when police personnel reached the residence and took him to an undisclosed location in Gurugram
The plea was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma on October 8
The move comes hours after Delhi Police detained around 260 INDIA bloc protesters, including 10 MPs, during a demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumarโs resignation