Petitioners challenged the closure of 57 Metro stations and the cancellation of long-distance trains.

The court said that an entire city cannot be shut down because of protests.

It cited commuters from Gurugram, Greater Noida and other NCR towns.

It allowed regulated movement and did not strike down the restrictions.

The Solicitor General said an alternative protest site would be considered.

It directed the authorities to give due publicity to their decisions on Metro and railway services and to issue a traffic advisory.

It said that restrictions must be proportionate and must not cause undue hardship to the public, according to Bar and Bench.

The court said that an entire city cannot be shut down because of protests, according to The Quint.

It cited the thousands of commuters who travel every day from Gurugram, Greater Noida and other parts of the NCR to Delhi for work and education.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta defended the measures as meant to maintain law and order.

The Solicitor General told the bench that the competent authority would consider designating a place other than Jantar Mantar for peaceful protests.

Senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi and Prashant Bhushan argued against the restrictions, and Singhvi said that preventive measures of this scale could not be justified when no incident had occurred.

The order does not strike down the restrictions outright, and authorities can still regulate the movement of Metro and trains.

On October 10, entry and exit were limited at 45 Metro stations until 6 pm, and interchange was available everywhere except at New Delhi station, according to Careerindia.

About 45 stations had been closed from 9 pm on October 9 for security reasons, according to ThePrint.

Mobile internet was shut within a four-kilometre radius of Janpath and Kartavya Path from 10 pm on October 9 to 10 pm on October 10, according to Careerindia.

Delhi Metro station (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The CJP plans a protest on October 10 against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Police have not granted permission.

Tens of thousands of security personnel are reportedly being deployed.

Reports gave different totals, from more than 20,000 to about 43,000.

Commuters should check advisories before travelling.

About 23,000 Central Armed Police Forces personnel are reportedly being deployed, according to Outlook.

The Union Home Ministry approved 221 CAPF companies for October 8 to 12, plus 110 additional companies for Delhi Police, according to the same report.

About 20,000 Delhi Police personnel will also be deployed, according to sources cited by Outlook.

Reports gave different totals for the deployment, from more than 20,000 to about 43,000, so this report gives the figures as attributed.

For comparison, about 150 CAPF companies were deployed for the CJP’s July protest at Jantar Mantar, according to Outlook.

Officials plan multi-layered barricades and strict surveillance at Delhi’s borders, railway stations and bus terminals.

CCTV feeds will be monitored from a control room, and facial recognition cameras are to be installed across the capital.

Police could close all Metro stations in the New Delhi area and shut markets if needed, according to the reports.

Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, which lets executive magistrates issue urgent public-order orders, will be in force, according to sources cited by Outlook.

Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have been asked to stay alert, according to the same report.

Retail liquor shops in Delhi have been ordered shut on October 9 and 10, according to India TV News and LatestLY.

Hotels, clubs, bars and restaurants with excise licences to serve liquor will stay open.

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait announced support for the October 10 protest, according to ETV Bharat.

On October 6, INDIA bloc MPs marched towards the Election Commission with the same demand and were stopped by police.

Connaught Place, New Delhi (file image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The building had four storeys and was about 20 to 25 years old.

It collapsed at around 3:30 pm on October 7.

At least five people have died.

Suspected causes include demolition work next door and cracks after an earthquake.

The exact cause is still under investigation.

Officials said that two to three people could still be trapped under the rubble.

Teams from the Delhi Fire Services, Delhi Police, DDMA, MCD, CATS and the NDRF were at the site.

Narrow lanes and large concrete slabs slowed the rescue, and bulldozers, heavy machinery and local residents helped to clear the debris.

North East Delhi District Magistrate Ajay Kumar said witnesses had reported demolition work at an adjoining structure.

The magistrate said that vibrations from the machinery may have contributed to the collapse, according to the same report.

Residents said that cracks appeared in the building after the earthquake that struck Chamoli in Uttarakhand on Tuesday night and was felt in Delhi.

The exact cause has not been established, and a detailed assessment is needed.

The MCD said the building was about 20 to 25 years old and stood on a plot of about 22 to 25 square yards.

Adjoining buildings and a nearby boundary wall were also damaged.

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta directed agencies to coordinate and speed up rescue operations, according to the Delhi Chief Minister’s Office.

The collapse came a month after a building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on September 6, in which seven people died.

The National Disaster Response Force specialises in search and rescue after structural collapses.

Many buildings in dense parts of Delhi are built on very small plots, with narrow lanes that make heavy equipment hard to bring in.

The reports did not mention compensation or a formal inquiry at the time of writing.

Street scene in Delhi (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0