The Director-General of Police (DGP) on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that permission had been denied for a ‘unity march’ planned to be undertaken by the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kancheepuram, Salem, Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai and Tenkasi districts between March 10 and 13.
Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira recorded the submission and closed as infructuous a petition filed by advocate Y. Shoukath Ali Mohamed, of Chennai. The petitioner had sought a direction to the DGP to restrain the PFI cadre from taking out the march on the ground that it might disturb communal peace and harmony.
When the petitioner’s counsel claimed that the organisation might take out the march despite the denial of permission by the police, the judge said the law would have to take its own course in such a situation, and the police would naturally initiate appropriate action if there was any defiance.
