The Delhi High Court agreed on October 8 to hear the Indian Youth Congress’s plea on Friday.
The plea challenges Delhi Police’s refusal to allow a protest at Jantar Mantar.
The protest was planned against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The police order was communicated on October 1, the day of the planned demonstration.
The bench is headed by Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre.
The Delhi High Court agreed on Thursday, October 8, 2026, to hear a plea by the Indian Youth Congress against a Delhi Police order denying permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar.
The protest was planned against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The plea was mentioned before a division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre, with Justice Sanjay Sharma, according to India Legal.
Senior Advocate Sanjoy Ghose mentioned the matter for urgent listing, according to LiveLaw.
The court said the plea would be listed within 24 hours, and that counsel can mention it again the next day if it is not listed.
The hearing is expected on Friday, October 9, 2026.
The petitioner is the Indian Youth Congress, through its national president Uday Bhanu Chib.
The plea was filed by advocate Roopesh Singh Bhadauria.
The Indian Youth Congress applied to Delhi Police on September 25 for a peaceful gathering of about 100 to 150 people.
It said it would accept lawful conditions on security, traffic management, discipline and public order.
Delhi Police communicated its rejection on October 1, the very day the demonstration was scheduled, according to Bar and Bench.
The plea argues that the refusal came too late despite repeated follow-ups with the police.
It argues that the police cannot turn a power to regulate a peaceful assembly into a power to prohibit it without an individualised and proportionate assessment.
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi (file image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
