The Madras High Court, on Wednesday (August 13, 2025) observed that the conservancy workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) can protest only in authorised places to highlight their grievances over the outsourcing of sanitary work in certain zones, and cannot block pavements and pathways outside the Ripon Building.
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan made the observation while disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition, which complained of pedestrian and vehicular movement having been affected due to the ongoing protests on EVR Periyar Road.
