India, March 13 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday declined to stay a blanket ban imposed by Delhi University on demonstrations and protests on its campus for a month, but questioned the rationale behind its decision as well as similar restrictions imposed by the Delhi Police in the areas around the North Campus for 60 days.

Hearing a a challenge to the February 17 DU order, a bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia said the ban should remain in place. It issued notice to Delhi Police and DU to respond by the next date of hearing on March 25.

In his petition, Uday Bhadoria, a student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, and his counsel, Abhishek Rai, urged the court to stay the order, contending that it had bee...