Guwahati, Oct. 12 -- The Delhi High Court will hear on Tuesday two petitions concerning the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site and the alleged assault of demonstrators by outsiders during protests held against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The petitions relate to restrictions on protest venues in the national capital and allegations that people in civilian clothes assaulted demonstrators during protests against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The issue concerning Jantar Mantar was mentioned before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma on Monday. A lawyer urged the court to take up the plea urgently, arguing ...