<div>The Supreme Court on Monday said, there cannot be a complete ban on holding protests and sit-ins at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>A bench, comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, asked the Centre to frame guidelines for according sanctions to such events. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>It said, there is a need for striking a balance between conflicting rights such as right to protest and right of citizens to live peacefully.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The verdict came on a batch of petitions, including the one filed by Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghtan challenging the decision of the National Green Tribunal, which had banned all kinds of protests at these places. <br />''</div>