Delhi Police chief argues in Supreme Court that Jantar Mantar is a public road, not a protest site, and venues can be shifted. The ‘public road’ used for demonstrations was denotified as it can only accommodate 1,500 persons, claimed the police. The committee’s report was received by the Ministry of Home Affairs in September and forwarded to the Delhi Police on September 14, well before the Supreme Court’s October 9 order, the.