Delhi Police Commissioner tells the Supreme Court that Jantar Mantar is a road, not a specific designated location for protests, and that people do not have a right to insist protests be held only at that site. The Commissioner submits an affidavit arguing that the state can change where protests are allowed.
One outlet reports that the police also argue Jantar Mantar was effectively denotified as a protest site because it can accommodate only about 1,500 persons. Other coverage focuses on the broader legal framing: restrictions and venue decisions are within state authority rather than tied to a fixed protest venue.
The differing emphasis across outlets ranges from a general “road, not site” argument to details about capacity limits and whether the site had been exempted or treated differently under protest-related curbs. Several reports highlight the police position that venue arrangements can be adjusted through official decisions rather than by public insistence on a single location.
