The Bombay high court on Wednesday gave 24 hours to all municipal bodies across Maharashtra to pull down illegal political banners and hoardings. In case they fail to comply with the order, municipal heads and council chief executive officers will face action, the court warned.
The court pointed out that inaction on the part of civic bodies is an offence and they would be considered “co-conspirators”.
A division bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice A P Bhangale issued the order after the BMC’s advocate sought time to reply to a suo motu notice issued to municipal chief Sitaram Kunte on February 7. The court had issued the notice saying it was happy with the Satara Municipal Council’s action against illegal hoardings. “Don’t file a reply. Everywhere we are seeing hoardings. Show us action,” said Justice Khanwilkar.
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