In a legal row between Vodafone Essar and Thane Municipal Corporation over mobile signal towers dispute, the former had to bow down following dismissal of their petition against the Thane Municipal Corporation by the Bombay High Court.

The telco had to remove its towers from the area. Vodafone Essar had earlier challenged the order of the Thane Municipal Corporation to remove the towers in the vicinity of the Thane district court.

A lawyer from Thane had earlier filed a complaint with the Thane Municipal Corporation expressing concerns over the apprehending threat to the society from the cell towers installed by the service providers BPL and Vodafone.  In the interest of the city, he made an appeal to the Corporation to remove the towers.

In his complaint, the lawyer also stated that the tower installed just next to the Thane district court premises not only posed a threat of radiation to members of the judiciary, but to hundreds who visit the courts daily.

The towers installed on top of the water tank posed  danger to the building itself.  X