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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to file its affidavit explaining the action against the illegal hoardings installed during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival. 

The high court's division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar was hearing a plea concerning illegal hoardings being put up by different individuals and organizations. 

The counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that despite the undertaking given by political parties, illegal hoardings were installed without permission between Girgaon and Dadar. 

Senior Advocate Anil Sakhare appearing for the BMC informed the bench that it had taken action against the illegal hoardings installed during the Ganesh Festival.

“For Ganesh Festival we have taken action. We can file a report on what action was taken. We have 24 teams. Every day in the morning we start and remove hoardings and wherever necessary we file police complaints. Political parties had filed undertaking,” Sakhare submitted.

The bench was informed that none of the counsels appearing for the political parties were present in court today. 

Accordingly, the bench asked BMC to file its affidavit explaining the steps against illegal hoardings installed during the Ganesh Festival.

The high court had earlier observed in its order that no political party, religious organisation, or commercial organisation can be legally permitted to put up hoardings on street lights, roads, or footpaths for their personal gains.

“No individual or group of individuals be it a political party or commercial or religious organisation can legally be permitted to utilise footpaths, street lights, roads for personal gains and advertisement, especially keeping in view the hazard caused to the pedestrian and other users of roads,” the court said.