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The high court disposed of the plea as well as the IA filed by the MP while observing that there was no merit in the plea.
A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice Sunil Shukre and Justice Abhay Waghase on Tuesday rejected the plea filed by MP Rajan Vichare of the Uddhav Thackeray faction seeking reinstatement of security which was reduced by the State Government.
The division bench said that there was no merit in the submissions and rejected the writ petition filed by Vichare.
The bench further said that the court was not aware of any reasons as to why the security of the other opposition MPs was reduced by the state government.
Rajan Vichare was provided 2+2 security i.e. two police personnel during day time and two police personnel during night time. The security was later reduced to 1+1 i.e. one police personnel during day time and other police personnel during night time by the state government
The petition filed by Vichare alleged that the workers in the home constituency of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde were coerced to join his party and that the petitioner (Vichare) and the 3 other corporators were the only ones in the Thane constituency with the Uddhav Thackeray faction.
Vichare stated in his petition that the private PAs who are not MPs or MLAs are being given security by the present Chief Minister at the cost of the exchequer only because they are close to the Chief Minister.
He alleged that the office bearers and the activist of the Uddhav Thackeray faction are being harassed by filing false cases. Further, he stated that the lawlessness has increased to such an extent that the present government is misusing the machinery to harass the Members of Parliament.
The state government had submitted that a person is neither entitled to Police Protection as a matter of right nor can be granted as a matter of course.
The high court was informed that the decision of reducing the security was taken after consideration with various authorities such as Senior Police Inspector, Asstt. Commissioner of Police, Dy. Commissioner of Police, Addl. Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police (SB), Joint Commissioner of Police, and Commissioner of Police, Thane.
Case Title: Rajan Baburao Vichare vs State of Maharashtra
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