India, May 2 -- The Bombay High Court, while rejecting the petition of Mumbra resident Fahim Arshad Ansari (52) on April 29, stated that denying him a police clearance certificate (PCC) to obtain a public service vehicle (PSV) badge for driving an auto-rickshaw is a reasonable restriction given his criminal record.

Ansari served a 10-year jail term for allegedly providing "logistical support" to 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in connection with the November 26, 2008 Rampur CRPF camp attack in Uttar Pradesh. Lashkar-e-Taiba is a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation. He was later acquitted in the case.

The division bench of justice AS Gadkari and justice RR Bhonsale accepted the argument advanced on behalf of the state authorities that th...