India, April 24 -- An activist-lawyer has written to the Bombay high court seeking suo motu action over a massive traffic jam caused by a Bharatiya Janata Party rally in Worli on Tuesday during peak hours, which brought a key arterial road to a near standstill.

Advocate Faiyaz Alam Shaikh, in a letter petition to the chief justice, said the morcha led to severe congestion on Lala Lajpat Rai Marg (National Sports Complex of India stretch), raising concerns about public safety, protest norms and citizens' fundamental right to free movement under Articles 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution.

The BJP rally was organised around the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam to target opposition parties after the defeat of a Constitution amendment bill on ...