The Delhi High Court today declined to urgently hear a plea filed by Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) National Secretary Nadeem Khan, who has alleged that the Delhi Police detained him illegally last week and is apprehending another instance of house arrest ahead of a proposed protest in the national capital tomorrow (October 10).

A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma said it would consider the matter on Monday.
Advocate Shahrukh Alam, appearing for Khan, told the Court that her client had received an oral communication on Thursday night indicating that he could be detained or placed under house arrest.
She said Khan was not going to participate in the protest scheduled for Saturday and had already booked tickets to travel to Kolkata for personal reasons.
Seeking urgent protection against alleged arbitrary detention, Alam submitted that a similar incident had occurred on October 2, when the Delhi Police allegedly visited Khan's office and kept him under house arrest for the entire day.
The Bench, however, questioned the basis for seeking judicial intervention in the absence of any written order or communication restricting Khan's movement.
"Who has stopped you from travelling today?" the Bench asked.
When counsel submitted that Khan had received a call warning him of possible detention, the Court observed that there was no written communication directing him not to travel or informing him that he would be placed under house arrest.
"On the basis of some call you are saying we should pass some orders" the Bench remarked, adding that the matter would be heard on Monday.
Alam repeatedly urged the Court to take up the plea on an urgent basis, arguing that postponing the hearing would render it infructuous because Khan's travel was scheduled for Friday and the protest was due to take place the following day.
The counsel also requested the Bench to clarify that Khan could travel in the absence of a written restraint. The Court declined to pass an immediate order, reiterating that it would hear the matter on Monday.
Khan alleges illegal detention over proposed Jantar Mantar protest
In his petition, Khan has challenged his alleged detention by the Delhi Police on September 29, claiming that police personnel attached to the Shaheen Bagh Police Station confined him at the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind headquarters in Abul Fazal Enclave from approximately 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.
According to the plea, the alleged confinement was intended to prevent him from participating in a proposed peaceful demonstration at Jantar Mantar against attacks on places of worship and the exclusion of citizens through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Khan has claimed that he was neither formally arrested nor informed in writing of the grounds for his alleged detention. He has further alleged that he was not produced before a Magistrate and that his relatives were not informed of the incident.
The petition states that an application seeking permission to hold the protest was submitted to the Parliament Street Police Station on September 19.
Khan alleges that no response was received to the application and that he was subsequently informed through an anonymous telephone call that permission for the demonstration had been cancelled.
He claims that he then approached the Station House Officer to challenge the purported cancellation but received no response.
Maintaining that the proposed demonstration was peaceful, Khan has contended that there was no apprehension of violence, breach of peace, obstruction or commission of any offence that could justify the alleged police action.
Apart from seeking relief against the alleged detention and apprehended house arrest, Khan has challenged an undated prohibitory order issued by the Delhi Police that restricts assemblies of five or more persons and demonstrations, dharnas, speeches and the display of banners or placards across the New Delhi district, including Jantar Mantar, without prior written permission.
The petitioner has argued that the sweeping restrictions unlawfully curtail the fundamental rights to freedom of speech and expression and peaceful assembly guaranteed under Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b) of the Constitution. He has also alleged violations of Articles 14 and 21.
The plea seeks a declaration that the alleged preventive detention, continued surveillance and harassment are illegal and unconstitutional, along with the quashing of the prohibitory order to the extent that it restricts peaceful protests and related activities at Jantar Mantar.
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