Director-General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal on Monday informed the Madras High Court of having issued guidelines to be followed while taking out funeral processions.
Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy were apprised of the guidelines framed on March 20 and circulated to all Commissioners and Superintendents of Police. The judges recorded the guidelines and closed a suo motu public interest litigation petition taken up in 2023 on the basis of a letter written to the High Court by A. Anbu Selvan on September 4, 2022, complaining about a motorcyclist having lost his life after skidding due to garlands thrown on the road.
After extracting the DGP’s circular memorandum, the Bench wrote: “We hope and trust that the aforesaid instructions issued by the Director-General of Police, Tamil Nadu, shall be adhered to in its letter and spirit. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs.”
