Indian Youth Congress has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the refusal of permission to hold a protest, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar.

The plea has been filed by IYC President Uday Bhanu Chib. He has challenged the Delhi Police's order passed on October 01 rejecting the plea to hold the protest.

The plea argues that the police cannot convert the power to regulate a peaceful assembly into a power to prohibit it, without an individualized and proportionate assessment.

The IYC had applied to the Delhi Police on September 25 for a peaceful demonstration of approximately 100–150 persons.

While doing so, it had undertaken to comply with all lawful conditions concerning security, traffic, discipline and public order.

However, the plea states that despite repeated follow-ups, the rejection was communicated only on October 01, the first proposed date of the protest.

The petition invokes Articles 14, 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b) of the Constitution of India and challenges the alleged mechanical application of the protest guidelines.

It also relies upon settled Supreme Court jurisprudence protecting the right to peaceful assembly and requiring proportionate regulation.

The plea has been filed through Advocate Roopesh Singh Bhadauria.