With regard to the leader of the Maratha quota movement, the Protest of Manoj Jarange in Azad Maidan in South Mumbai, the Eastern Highway and the Zion-Panvel Highway closed for all vehicle movements except for emergency services on Friday, PTI reported.
The order was issued by another police commissioner (operation) on Thursday evening, the official said.
Previously, activist Manoj Jarange announced that he will start an indeterminate hungry strike to the Maratha community from Friday.
Jarange, accompanied by hundreds of vehicles, which on Wednesday began a march from his village in the Jalna district, reached the bomb on Friday morning.
Panvel-Sion Road, VN Purav Road, Eastern Freeway, P D’Ello Road, Wallchand Hirachand Marg, Dr. Dadabhai Nauroji Road and Hajarimal Somanani Road will be closed for all types of vehicles, except for emergency services, the official said.
The order will be in force from 6:00 on Friday to other orders, he added.
Without prior permission can not protest:
On Tuesday, the High Court in Mumbai stated that Marath’s activist Maratha MANOJ JARANGE could not organize a protest without prior permission of the authorities and quote the situation and order in Mumbai during the Ganesh Festival.
The bench of the main judge of Aradhe and the Justice Sandeep Marne said that while democracy and dissent are going hand in hand, demonstrations should only take place in designated places.
The bench said the government could ask whether to offer an alternative place in Kharghar in Navi Bombai to respondent (Jarange) to organize a peaceful protest so that the pace of life in Mumbai would not be disturbed.
The court stated that peace protests could be carried out after the authorization is requested according to the new rules for public assemblies and agitation. The court noted that the police would be busy maintaining law and order in the city during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
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