The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene against Cockroach Janata Party's protest march on September 5, saying that maintenance of law and order was primarily the responsibility of the government and police.
A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymala Bagchi and V Mohana said that there is no reason to presume that the proposed demonstration would insult in any untoward incident.
"We will at least, as of now, presume everybody will behave in a peaceful manner. Right now there is no compelling circumstance to assume that any untoward thing will happen," the CJI observed.
The bench issued notice to the Centre and Delhi Police and posted the next hearing for September 10, along with other matters concerning the student protests.
