India, Oct. 15 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition against the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)'s call for supporters to gather with the national flag at Central Park in Delhi's business hub Connaught Place on Friday.

This came after senior advocate Sacchin Puri mentioned the petition filed by Anil Kumar Gupta, a licensed street vendor at Connaught Place, before a bench of acting chief justice Nitin Sambre and justice Sanjay Sharma.

The development also came amid continuous protests against the Election Commission in the Capital, mainly in and around Jantar Mantar, Connaught Place and central Delhi, leading to massive deployment of security forces, rollout of prohibitory orders, traffic disruptions, internet suspens...