R.Chandrasekar vs The Secretary To Government on 2 December, 2022
9.Earlier, a co-ordinate bench of this Court in the case of V.Ramesh v. the
Vice Chancellor and others [W.P.(MD)No.15931 of 2020, dated 19.08.2021] had
heavily come down on the fixing of portraits of political personalities, name boards of
organizations and party flags on the dashboards and windshields of the motor vehicles.
Taking a view that such portraits or designation boards are used for deterring the
police officials, to involve in unlawful activities and flout the law, a direction was issued
for removal of such portraits or name boards on windshields and dashboards of the
motor vehicles. The relevant passage of the said order can be quoted below for ready
reference: