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SC extends stay on Kanwar Yatra order- ‘Can’t force for name’

SC extends stay on Kanwar Yatra order- ‘Can’t force for name’

#News Bureau July 26,2024

The Supreme Court has extended the interim stay on the Kanwar Yatra order. The instructions to the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments stated that the names of owners and employees should be displayed on eateries located on the Kanwar Yatra route. This stay will continue till August 5, which is the next hearing date. Along with this, the court said that no one can be forced to reveal the name.

A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti was hearing petitions filed by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, TMC MP Mahua Moitra, Professor Apoorvanand and columnist Aakar Patel against the instructions of the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments.

When the matter came up for hearing, senior advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Moitra, said that the Uttar Pradesh government had filed a counter affidavit at 10.30 pm last night. He said that is why time is needed now to file the reply. Stating that the affidavit has not come on record, the bench agreed to adjourn the matter.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the state of Uttar Pradesh, said that as per the central law Food and Safety Standards Act, 2006, every food vendor, including dhabas, has to display the names of the owners. Therefore, the interim order passed by the court staying the direction to display the names of the owners is contrary to the central law.

The bench said that if there is such a law, the state should implement it in all areas. It said, ‘Then it should be implemented in all areas. Not only in some areas. File a counter showing that it has been implemented everywhere.’ Rohatgi requested an early hearing of the matter. Otherwise, the matter would become redundant as the Kanwar Yatra period would end in two weeks, he said.

The government said that ‘an incident of inadvertently consuming food at a place, which would otherwise not be of their choice, may disturb the entire journey of Kanwariyas and disturb the peace and harmony in the area, which it is the duty of the State to maintain.’

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