Delhi top court refuses to stop today’s CJP protest

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to restrain the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), led by its founder Abhijeet Dipke, from holding a protest at Central Park in Connaught Place today. The court took on record the Delhi Police's assurance that it would take "all possible measures under the law" to regulate and control the gathering.
This comes days after the police detained hundreds who intended to go to the Jantar Mantar road near Connaught Place for the CJP's protest call of 10 October over alleged electoral fraud. 
CJP chief Abhijeet Dipke at a press conference urged the youth, “patriots”, and political parties to unite and wave the tricolour at the planned “tiranga” protest.   
The Congress-led Opposition's INDIA bloc was also holding protests on the issue, and this week the two parallel protests against the BJP-led central government appear to be converging. The AAP, which has largely stayed away from the INDIA bloc, has announced it'll participate in the CJP's protest, where Dipke has asked participants to carry the national flag. The High Court's bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma was on Thursday hearing a plea by a licensed street vendor, who claimed the protest would affect the rights of traders and sought a direction to the police to regulate it in line with the law laid down by the Supreme Court. In Mumbai, permission was meanwhile granted for a parallel protest at Azad Maidan.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the three election commissioners on a petition filed by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and 12 other INDIA bloc leaders seeking an independent inquiry into alleged electoral irregularities and the functioning of the poll panel. 
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, however, issued a provisional notice in respect of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Mahua Maji – a co-petitioner in the same petition -- taking exception to some statements made by Maji.
“Respondent No 9 will have to explain her statements and conduct,” the bench clarified. 
On the other hand, The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday ordered a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in 17 states and Union Territories, focused on including new voters and those left out by the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR), amid a raging controversy over the SIR.
The states covered by this summary revision include West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar and Tamil Nadu, with 1 January 2027, as the qualifying date for those meant to be included. Draft rolls will be published on 12 November and final rolls on 4 January 2027. UP and Punjab are to go to the polls by February 2027.