Reportedly ahead of Former Chief Minister and AIADMK supreme Jayalalitha’s birth anniversary, the Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to relax its ban on registered political parties installing flex boards, digital banners or placards on arterial roads in or any other roads in the State. Recently a Division Bench comprising of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and M Nirmal Kumar rejected the petition filed by N Balaganga who is part of the AIADMK.
Meanwhile the party worker’s petition requested the court to relax the December 19 ban and allow him to erect flex boards of Jayalalitha across Chennai city between February 22 to 26 to commemorate her birth anniversary. Furthermore refusing to relax the ban, the Bench stated that there was a need to uphold the majesty of the law. Reports added stating that no relaxation of the flex board ban would be done and the court stated that there had been several violations of court orders against flex boards by different courts in the past 6 years.
Moreover the Bench also stated that ‘no worthwhile details’ had been provided in the affidavit submitted by Municipal Administration Secretary Harminder Singh on the protection of those who violated the rule. Hence it ordered Harminder Singh to file an affidavit detailing the prosecution the same by March 13.
