Justifying the swearing in ceremony of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park in Dadar, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday told Bombay High Court the ground can be used for non-sporting events for a maximum of 45 days in a year.

The civic body was responding to a plea by NGO Wecom Trust on whether Shivaji Park was a playground or a recreation ground. The NGO had filed the plea last month, before the swearing-in ceremony of Thackeray, which took place on November 28.