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Mumbai: HC questions BMC and police on MNS rally at Shivaji Park
- by Webdesk
- 06 Apr 2016
“HOW CAN PERMISSION BE GRANTED UNDER RULE 6 OF THE NOISE POLLUTION (REGULATION AND CONTROL) RULES, 2000?” WAS THE QUESTION POSED BY THE BOMBAY HIGH COURT TO THE COUNSELS OF THE BRIHANMUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (BMC) AND MUMBAI POLICE, WHO HAVE GRANTED PERMISSION TO MAHARASHTRA NAVNIRMAN SENA (MNS) TO HOLD A RALLY AT SHIVAJI PARK ON APRIL 8.
The counsel appearing for MNS, VA Thorat, told the bench that a government resolution (GR) said that for 45 days in a year, Shivaji Park was exempted from the silence zone and one could hold a rally there in that time.
The court then asked the organiser, MNS leader Nitin Sardesai, who was represented by advocate Girish Godbole, to give in writing an undertaking that they will not violate the Noise pollution Rules, 2000. However Godbole said his client was not ready to give an undertaking.
The petitioner’s lawyer Sandeep Awale told the court that public announcement systems cannot be used in the park under Rule 5 of the Noise Pollution Rules. The police, in their permission to MNS, has specified that the noise levels should not exceed 50 decibels.
The Shiv Sena has been getting permissions to hold a rally at Shivaji Park every Dusshera and on the same lines, MNS has been seeking permission for its rally on Gudi Padwa. Raj Thackeray’s party is desperate to make a comeback before the BMC polls and he has decided on Gudi Padwa to make the event large.
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