India, July 18 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to urgently hear a petition to restrain the Delhi Police from allegedly carrying out "continuous surveillance of peaceful protesters" associated with the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar.

The bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia listed the matter for hearing on Monday.

The petition had been filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union president Aishe Ghosh. Her lawyer, Nandita Rao, had requested to take up the matter immediately on Friday, contending that the police were continuously videoing the protesters and this was adversely affecting their morale.

In the petition, Ghosh contended that since the commencement of the CJP sit-...