K. RAMADAS SHENOY vs THE CHIEF OFFICERS, TOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, UDIPI AND ORS.

The Supreme Court upheld the resolutions passed by the Municipal Council granting a license to Vidya Varidhi Thirtha Swamiar for exhibiting cinematographic films in a Kalyana Mantap-cum-Lecture Hall, despite earlier rejections based on the Town Planning Scheme. The Court emphasized that the Municipal Council had the authority under the Madras Place of Public Resorts Act, 1888, to grant such licenses, and the conditions imposed were reasonable to mitigate public nuisance. The appeal against the Mysore High Court's decision was dismissed, affirming the legality of the Municipal Council's resolutions.