New Delhi: The Delhi High Court refused to restrain the CJP’s Tiranga March protest at Central Park in Connaught Place on October 16^th. The Delhi High Court on record taken the police’s assurance that all possible steps would be taken to regulate the demonstration.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma issued the orders at the time of hearing a PIL filed by a Connaught Place vendor seeking directions to the police to regulate the protest in accordance with the law laid down by the SC.

The petitioner’s senior counsel argued that traders and vendors would be on the streets if they lost another weekend to closures caused by protests in central Delhi during the festive season.

CJP Convener Dipke on Wednesday called on patriots to gather at Central Park on October 16^th with the national flag, alleging that CJP members Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka had been jailed for unfurling the tri-colour.

The call came on the day Das and Ranka were remanded to five days of judicial custody and lodged in Tihar Jail for allegedly violating their peace bonds and trespassing into Jantar Mantar, which has been denotified as a designated protest site.

During Thursday’s hearing, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma submitted that steps had been taken to control the CJP’s activities and assured the Court that the petitioner’s concerns would be addressed. The Court took the assurance on record.

“The petitioner apprehends that the conduct of respondent no. 6 (CJP) is likely to disrupt business activity in Connaught Place… When confronted, the ASG assures that the apprehension of the petitioner shall be taken care of as the respondents have already taken steps in the matter to control and regulate the activity of respondent no. 6 and if so required, all possible steps in accordance with law shall be taken. The assurance is taken on record, the order said. The Court listed the matter for further hearing on November 3^rd.

When the petitioner’s senior counsel pressed for a specific direction restraining the CJP from holding the protest, the bench said, Don’t insist. We have passed the order.

The PIL said that, even before Jantar Mantar was denotified as a designated protest site, the conditions governing demonstrations there were not enforced, resulting in vendors losing business. The Petitioner in his plea said that on or about 20.07.2026, a large agitation spilled beyond the designated area. The roads around Jantar Mantar and Parliament Street were barricaded and came to a standstill. Customers stopped coming to Connaught Place and Palika Bazar, and the petitioner could not vend, which caused loss on a daily basis.