The Supreme Court on Friday declined to pass an immediate order on a plea by Delhi traders’ associations expressing apprehension of business losses due to the proposed protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Central Park and the consequent New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) order to shut the park.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the court would exercise its powers if there was any unlawful disruption of business due to the protest.
he observed that disruption of trade could affect the livelihoods of numerous families While the CJI said the court would hear the plea in the last week of October.
“We hope better sense will prevail on everyone… We know that all small shopkeepers, they earn their livelihood during these days.
We know the hardship and difficulty entire families will face,” CJI Surya Kant said. “Someone wants to protest, someone wants to sell moongfali (peanuts), someone wants law and order, all are related,” Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed, referring to other petitions before the court concerning the protest.
The petitioners have placed three key demands before the court:
