India, Oct. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Government to consider designating an alternative venue to Jantar Mantar for peaceful protests in the national Capital.

The top court emphasised the need for a site equipped with basic amenities for demonstrators while hearing a plea challenging proposed restrictions on metro stations and the cancellation of trains arriving in the national Capital in view of a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and certain student organisations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana observed this after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted that the competent authority would consider i...