Jantar Mantar should never have been a designated protest venue, no fundamental right to protest at a particular site: Delhi Police tells SC

New Delhi, Nov. 3 (UNI) Delhi Police on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Jantar Mantar should not have been a designated protest venue as it is a public road with limited capacity to accommodate large gatherings and lies close to sensitive Central government offices, institutions and foreign embassies. It also maintained that there is no fundamental right to protest at a particular site. In an affidavit filed in response to a petition challenging the de-notification of Jantar Mantar, Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar said the site could accommodate about 1,500 persons and was not large enough to accommodate bigger…