With the Shiv Sena’s application to hold its annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park pending before the BMC for a month now, the party has made a strong pitch before the Bombay HC to strengthen its case. The party has conducted the rally at Shivaji Park since 1966, it told Bombay high court on Wednesday while urging it to direct the civic authorities to forthwith grant permission for the event.