The dispute over the nameplate for Kanwar Yatra reaches the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Hearing on nameplate dispute: The matter of the order to write names on the shops on the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has now reached the country’s Supreme Court. The order to write the names and mobile numbers of the owners on the shops on the Kanwar Yatra route in UP has been challenged in the Supreme Court.
The case will be heard in court on July 22
A demand was made to the Supreme Court to cancel the order of the UP government. NGO Association for Protection of Civil Rights has filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The online petition was filed in the Supreme Court at 6 am on Saturday (20 July). On 20 July itself, the Supreme Court registry listed the case for hearing. The petition will be heard in the Supreme Court on 22 July (Monday). On 22 July, a bench of Justice Rishikesh Roy and Justice SVN Bhatti will hear the case.
Yogi government took this decision regarding Kanwar Yatra
The Uttar Pradesh government announced several measures to ensure smooth conduct of the Kanwar Yatra starting from July 22. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered that food and beverage shops on Kanwar routes should display the name and identity of the operator/owner so that the sanctity of the faith of pilgrims is maintained. Additionally, action will be taken against those selling halal-certified products.
Muzaffarnagar police had taken this decision earlier
Earlier, the Muzaffarnagar police had urged all eateries on the Kanwar route to voluntarily display the names of their owners and employees, saying that the purpose of this order is not to create any kind of religious discrimination, but only for the convenience of devotees. Saharanpur DIG Ajay Kumar Sahni said that there have been cases in the past when Kanwariyas have had arguments over the rate list of food at hotels and dhabas. Apart from this, there have also been cases where non-veg is available at a hotel/dhaba or a person from another community has opened a hotel/dhaba under another name and this has led to a dispute. In view of this, it has been decided that the name of the owner/proprietor of the shops/hotels/dhabas will be clearly written on the board, the rate list will be written clearly and the names of the workers will also be written clearly, so that there is no problem of any kind…Everyone has been talked to and all the hotels/dhabas have agreed to this…This decision has been taken for our Kanwar route.