Youth teaching how to protest: Bombay HC

The public interest litigation was filed seeking restriction on use of Shivaji Park, which also falls in a silence zone, for commercial purposes. In 2010, when the court had declared it to a silence zone, only certain programmes could be held on the ground. The PIL claims that as per a state government circular, 45 days in a year have been allotted for use of the ground for non-sporting activities. The court said that as the ground’s ‘trustee’, if the government feels that the ground can be used for other activities, the court cannot interfere. The court further said that courts cannot be expected to act as a ‘watchman’.