Court asks TN to permit vehicle rallies carrying national flag on I-Day
The New Indian Express|August 15, 2024
THE Madras High Court has ordered the state government to permit vehicle rally or procession by citizens carrying national flag on Independence Day in Tamil Nadu.
R SIVA KUMAR

Justice G Jayachandran directed the Director General of Police not to prohibit such rallies.

The order was passed on a petition filed by A Krishna Prasad, district secretary of Yuva Morcha of BJP in Coimbatore district, challenging the denial of permission to hold a bike rally in Coimbatore with 200 persons carrying the national flag.

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