Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Coimbatore police to grant permission to the BJP to take out a rally carrying the national flag on August 18 to commemorate the 80th Independence Day.
Justice V Lakshminarayanan gave the directive while disposing of a petition filed by J Ramesh, Coimbatore District President of BJP, challenging the police order rejecting his application, seeking permission to conduct a rally on August 13.