Coming down heavily on Team Anna's agitation, the Bombay High Court on Friday said it can't allow parallel canvassing when Parliament is seized with the debate on Lokpal Bill and questioned its decision to seek exemption from charges to use MMRDA grounds for Anna Hazare's proposed fast.

The court refused to interfere in the matter, saying it cannot ask government authorities, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to grant them exemption.

A division bench of justices P B Majmudar and Mridula Bhatkar observed that it is not judicable. The bench said if an order allowing their petition is passed then it will be interfering with the functioning of Parliament.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Jagrut Nagrik Manch, affiliated to Anna Hazare's India Against Corruption, seeking direction to the government to allot the MMRDA ground in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex either for free or at a concessional rate.