India, June 5 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to urgently hear a petition seeking directions to the police and authorities to deploy crowd-control measures at all entry points to the national capital ahead of a proposed protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday.

The plea, filed by NGO Save India Foundation, was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices Saurabh Banerjee and Amit Sharma. Appearing for the petitioner, the NGO's counsel urged the court to take up the matter on an urgent basis on Friday itself, citing concerns over possible disruption due to the planned demonstration.

However, the bench refused to grant an urgent hearing.

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