Muthalik moves court over ban on entering Goa

PANJIM, SEPT 23
Months after he was banned entry to  Goa, Sri Rama Sene (SRS) chief Pramod Muthalik has moved the court  challenging the decision  of  Goa government.
In a writ petition filed before the Bombay High Court at Goa this week Muthalik  submitted that  orders given by both North and South Goa district Collectors in March this year, under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), were in violation of the principle of natural justice.
He said  the officials did not hear him before passing their respective orders. He has  sought  relief  in terms  of  —  both the orders be declared ‘null and void’.  The  collectors  Mihir Vardhan ( North Goa)  and G P Naik (South Goa )  have been made  parties in the petition.
The State government had banned Muthalik from entering Goa following reports that he would visit the State to start a branch of the Hindu hardline group here. Muthalik has been courting controversy since his
SRS men attacked women in a Mangalore  pub in January this year.