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First Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan made the remark whereas disposing of a public curiosity litigation petition which complained of pedestrian and vehicular motion having been affected because of the ongoing protests on EVR Periyar Road.
The judges stated, the Uzhaippor Urimai Iyakkam (UUI), which represents the conservancy employees, might make an software to the police looking for permission to conduct the protests in any of the locations earmarked by the police and ordered that the latter ought to contemplate such plea in accordance with regulation.
D. Thenmozhi, 47, a wholesale dealer of groceries and greens and in addition the administrator of Dhanam Charitable Trust primarily based at Wallajahbad in Kancheepuram district, had filed the PIL petition alleging hindrance to free motion of visitors outdoors the Ripon Building because of the protest.
Senior counsel V. Raghavachari, representing the PIL petitioner, complained that the protesters had been occupying the complete stretch of pavement outdoors the Ripon Building, which homes the headquarters of GCC, for days collectively for his or her protest.
He stated the pavement as much as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Railway station was occupied by them and referred to a discover issued by the Inspector of the jurisdictional Periamet police ptation to UUI on August 7 underneath Section 41 of the Chennai City Police Act of 1888.
The senior counsel stated the discover was issued because the protest was being carried out in an unauthorised place by inflicting large amount of public inconvenience. However, the police didn’t proceed additional and take any motion to disperse the protesters from the pavement, he added.
On his half, advocate R. Sankarasubbu, representing UUI, stated, the employees had a democratic proper to take pleasure in a peaceable protest in opposition to their employer and denied the cost of getting precipitated any disturbance to street visitors. He stated his consumer would reply to the Section 41 discover issued by the police and contended that they may not be faraway from the place of protest by use of power.
Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran stated that even the police doesn’t wish to use power in opposition to the conservancy employees since they belong to the weaker part of society and that it could be higher if the protesters disperse from the place on their very own.
The AAG stated that simply 100 metres away from the place of demonstration was the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, which was one of many largest public well being amenities in Tamil Nadu. “Let them peacefully disperse on their very own. We don’t wish to use power, lest it could be construed as if we’re harsh to them. We will definitely maintain all their pursuits,” he stated.
Published – August 13, 2025 02:23 pm IST
