The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to produce by Thursday the permission granted by various authorities, including the police, for the conduct of Formula 4 night street race on a 3.7 km circuit being created around Island Grounds in Chennai.
Justices R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq told Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram they were concerned only about public safety and therefore want to peruse official orders granting permission for the night race to be held in the city on December 9 and 10.
The direction was issued on a public interest litigation petition filed by a 25-year-old doctor K. Shri Harish of Tondiarpet. He had objected to the conduct of the race on public roads that house the Army and Navy establishments in the heart of Chennai city.
