By Express News Service CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has ruled that there is no prohibition on an individual obtaining licences for possessing two firearms. Justice MS Ramesh passed the orders based on a petition moved by SR Kumar, a businessman, who sought to quash the orders passed by the Nagercoil collector. The court said, “In the instant case, the reason for refusal is that the petitioner owns SBBL ( Single Barrel Breech Loading) gun and that does not form a part of the circumstances stated under Section 14 of the Arms Act and hence, the order itself is illegal. A mere reference to possession of SBBL gun license will not disentitle the petitioner to possess a revolver license also. Consequently, it can also be said that there cannot be any precondition for the petitioner to surrender the SBBL gun for the sake of possessing a revolver and as such, the submission of the learned Additional Government Pleader in this regard is unacceptable.” The petitioner had applied for a licence to possess a revolver and the superintendent of Police, Nagercoil declined the request. Based on the report of the SP, the collector rejected the request.

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