RSS Route March: Madras HC Grants Permission To Hold Event In 44 Out Of 50 Requested Places

The High Court pronounced the judgment a day after Tamil Nadu police refused to provide permission for RSS route march at 24 out of 50 places citing the intelligence report.

Madras High Court (File Photo)

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday granted permission to RSS route march in 44 out of 50 places across Tamil Nadu on Sunday (November 6). The High Court pronounced the judgment a day after Tamil Nadu police refused to permit RSS route march at 24 out of 50 places citing the intelligence report.

According to ANI, Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan of Madras HC who heard the case said, “Permission has been granted for RSS route marches on Nov 6, in 44 out of 50 places across TN.”

He has said that he didn't find anything adverse in intelligence reports regarding all places and that there could be untoward incidents only at 6 places.

Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan of Madras HC says he can grant permission for RSS route marches on Nov 6, in 44 out of 50 places across TN. He said that he didn't find anything adverse in intelligence reports regarding all places & that there could be untoward incidents at 6 places only pic.twitter.com/frGrl6uW8g

— ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2022

On Friday, Tamil Nadu police refused to permit the RSS route march at 24 out of 50 places. The police argued that the march can be conducted indoors at 23 places and granted permission for the march only in 3 places.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu police had filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to review the permission it had granted to conduct the march on September 22. The petition was based on the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids and arrests of leaders of Popular Front of India (PFI) and the subsequent ban on the organisation.

The police had said that the situation was not conducive for conducting a march and the subsequent public programme, given the communally sensitive nature in many parts of the state.

(With IANS inputs)