The Meghalaya High Court has directed the Centre and State government to file a report in the form of an affidavit regarding the inconvenience faced by the general public due to a fishing competition.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice W Diengdoh was hearing a Public Interest Litigation registered based on a letter from Joannes JTL Lamare addressing the issue.

The court has given the respondents three weeks to file the report.

"We have heard the Advocate General for the State and the DSGI for the Union of India. We direct the respondents to file a report in the form of an affidavit with regard to the steps taken in this regard within three weeks from date," the bench said in its order passed on October 27.

The court has directed listing the matter for furt

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