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‘Rally norms will be uniform across State’

BANGALORE: The State Government on Wednesday informed the Karnataka High Court that the rules framed by it relating to bandhs, protests, processions and public meetings to be held in Bangalore would be applied to other parts of the State.

Advocate-General Uday Holla made this submission when a Division Bench comprising Justice S.R. Bannurmath and Justice A.N. Venugopala Gowda was hearing a batch of public interest litigation (PIL) petitions seeking regulation of strikes, hartals, processions and public meetings in the State.

When the Advocate-General filed before the court an 18-point draft by the city police on Licensing and Controlling of Assemblies and Processions (Bangalore City) Order, 2008, the Bench said it did not want the submissions restricted to Bangalore alone. It said the Government would have to come out with terms and conditions regulating public protests for the entire State.

The Advocate-General replied that once the court gave its nod for the regulation in Bangalore, it would be adopted to cover other parts of the State too.

The Bench perused the report and gave several suggestions to the Advocate-General and Commissioner of Police, Bangalore, Shankar Bidari, who was present in court.

The report said to ensure smooth flow of traffic and to prevent inconvenience to the public, the police had powers under Section 31 (sub-section O) of Karnataka Police Act, 1963 to make and enforce orders to regulate the conduct of those participating in assemblies and processions taken out on roads.

The Bench suggested that vehicles that come to participate in any such event must be parked at least two km away from the venue.

It also said that the police could barricade roads that were to be notified for taking out processions.

Such an act, it said, would ensure that the regular road-user would be saved of any inconvenience.

The Bench noted that arrangements would have to be different from one kind of protest or public meeting to another and asked the police to come up with separate rules for each by Friday.

It adjourned further hearing of the case to Friday.

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