Digital Goa, Dec 14 – High Court today ruled that the permission granted to Mumbai based Spacebound Web Labs Pvt. Ltd. in 2022 to hold Sunburn EDM Festival was illegal and liable to be quashed and set aside. “It is declared that the permission dated 28.12.2022 issued to R-10 for holding the Sunburn music festival from 28th to 30th December 2022 was illegally issued and consequently, the said permission was illegal and liable to be quashed and set aside,” stated the Court order. The Court asked the State Government to immediately constitute a Joint Special Cell comprising high- ranking officials from the police, the GSPCB, and the SDM/Collector which will ensure that the permissions are granted for such mega events in accordance with the notified Action Plan. The court also asserted that the organisers of such mega events should scrupulously comply with the terms and conditions by which such permissions are granted. In its order the Court also stressed the need for teaching civic sense to children at early age and adding of suitable chapters in text books over hazardous effects of Noise Pollution. The Sunburn promoter company has been asked to pay costs of Rs 25,000 to the petitioner.
