Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The rural police, in order to address address the menace of illegal hoardings cropping up during the ongoing reservation-related friction, have started writing to the gram panchayats and municipal councils, asking them to follow the high court directives on installation of billboards.Superintendent of police Maneesh Kalwaniya, while talking to TOI, said, We have written a letter to zilla parishad CEO and district collector for following the banner and flexes-related norms as per the high court directives. On being asked about incidents where miscreants targeted Maratha as well as OBC-related banners, Kalwaniya said, We have out limitation.We cannot register an FIR when the targetted banner is illegal.Another senior police officer said, Most of the banners and flexes are put up by the politicians and their workers due to which the gram panchayats and the civic bodies do not want to act against them and get into their bad books.Earlier, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court had even directed to initiate action against people whose names and photos are displayed on illegal banners. While in the latest situation, the principal bench of the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed municipal corporations and municipal councils in the state to inform about action taken including criminal action, against those who installed illegal banners and hoardings.The Bombay high court observed: The authorities concerned have failed to take appropriate steps under the Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1995. As a result of this, illegal banners and hoardings start mushrooming.Chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and justice Arif Doctor, said, We are unable to appreciate such a situation. We also published the following articles recentlyImpose fines on political hoardings like illegal parking: PIL in Bombay high courtA public interest litigation filed by a city doctor suggests adopting the system used for fining illegal parking to curb illegal banners and hoardings by political parties. The proposed system involves citizens and police taking photos of banners and uploading them to a website or app, automatically creating and sending a challan to the local head office of the political party. The petitioner seeks uniform guidelines and strict penalties for defaulters, similar to the Motor Vehicles Act. The defaulting party president should have 15 days to object to the challan, and no candidate with unpaid fines should be allowed to contest elections.Islamabad High Court declares Imrans jail trial in cipher case illegalThe Islamabad High Court nullified the governments order for a jail trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a cipher case related to leaking state secrets. Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party, was arrested in the Toshakhana corruption case. The court declared the notifications for Imrans jail trial to be without lawful authority and no legal effect. The case against Imran and Shah Mehmood Qureshi was filed by the previous government to keep top PTI politicians out of electoral politics.Why no action taken? Madras high court asks Tamil Nadu government on 2018 Tuticorin police firingThe Madras high court questions the Tamil Nadu government for not taking action against officials involved in the Tuticorin police firing. The court refers to the findings and recommendations of the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission and asks why only one official has been charged by the CBI. The bench directs the authorities to explain the delay by December 11. Human rights activist Henri Tiphagne has filed a plea seeking re-investigation by NHRC into the incident. The state government has initiated disciplinary action against the then district collector N Venkatesh.

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