IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
CNR No. DLHC010413722026
W.P.(C) 12776/2026
DR RAJ SHEKHAWAT @ SHEKHAWAT RAJENDER SINGH SHARVAN SINGH .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Roshan Dhanai, Mr. Abhishek Tyagi, Mr. Himanshu Sharma, Mr. Rahul Bhardwaj, Mr. Saurav Kumar and Mr. Nabil Khader, Advocates
versus
GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG, Ms. Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC, Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, GP, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. R.V. Prabhat, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Yashwardhan Sharma, Mr. Naman, Mr. Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Advocates for R-2 and R-3 and Mr. Mohil, SI, Parliament Street. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, Govt Pleader for UOI
CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
ORDER
07.09.2026
CM APPL. 59337/2026 (exemption)
1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
2. Application stands disposed of.
W.P.(C) 12776/2026
3. By way of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks following reliefs: “A. Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing the communication/rejection dated 28.08.2026 issued by Respondent No.3, whereby permission for the Petitioners' proposed peaceful demonstration at Jantar Mantar on 06.09.2026 has been refused; B. Issue a writ of mandamus directing the Respondents to grant permission to the Petitioners to hold the proposed peaceful demonstration at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 06.09.2026 from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., subject to such reasonable conditions as this Hon'ble Court may deem appropriate; C. In the alternative, direct the Respondents to reconsider the Petitioners' application dated 27.08.2026 afresh, in accordance with Standing Order No. L&O/48/2022 and the law governing Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b), and pass a reasoned and speaking order within 24 hours or within such time as this Hon'ble Court may deem appropriate; D. Allow the Petitioner to conduct the peaceful demonstration on 20.09.2026 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM., subject to any condition that the Hon’ble Court may deem fit; E. Pass an order permitting the Petitioner to conduct the aforesaid peaceful demonstration on 06.09.2026 from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., subject to any condition that the Hon’ble court may deem fit...”
4. Issue notice.
5. The learned counsel appearing on advance notice on behalf of respondents accepts notice.
6. This Court has heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned ASG appearing for respondent nos. 2 and 3.
7. As far as prayers A, B, C and E concerned, concededly, they have been rendered infructuous.
8. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner states that although the impugned communication refers to the BRICS Summit, to be held in Delhi, as the ground for denying permission to hold a peaceful demonstration at Jantar Mantar on 06.09.2026, the petitioner may be permitted to hold a peaceful demonstration on 20.09.2026 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, subject to such conditions as may be imposed.
9. In these circumstances, let the respondents consider the prayer of the petitioner in this regard and decide it as per law, including considering imposition of any conditions, which are deemed appropriate as per law, if permission is granted.
10. Let a fresh application be filed in this regard by the petitioner before the appropriate authority for conducting the peaceful demonstration on 20.09.2026, which will be decided expeditiously, within a week from date, under intimation to the petitioner.
11. In view of above, the present petition stands disposed of.
12. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith.
DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J
SEPTEMBER 07, 2026
Dr Raj Shekhawat @ Shekhawat Rajender Singh Sharvan Singh v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.
Source Delhi High Court, decided 07.09.2026
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