MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday declined to grant permission for holding the Dahi Handi festival at Ashok Kedare Chowk in Bhandup West to either the Shiv Sena or the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), after police rejected both their applications citing law and order concerns. Dahi Handi, to be celebrated on August 16 this year, marks the birth of Lord Krishna and recreates the mythological episode of young Krishna breaking pots of butter hung high in the air. A division bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Arif Doctor was hearing a petition filed by Sandip Jalgaonkar, a former MNS functionary who later joined the Shiv Sena. Jalgaonkar sought directions to allow the festival to be conducted, claiming he had organised it for several years under the banner of Shri Swami Samartha Pratishthan with requisite permissions from the police, civic body, and traffic department. According to Jalgaonkar's counsel, advocate Suresh Samrat, "The police have granted me the NOC, and previous permissions have been issued in my name, not in the name of any political party." However, advocate Anand Pai, representing the MNS, countered that Jalgaonkar had earlier applied in his capacity as the party's vibhag adhyaksha and that the festival had been conducted under the party's banner for at least three years. The bench remarked, "It seems like you want to create a rival organisation," and suggested that both parties could hold the celebration at different timings to avoid a clash....