Kanwar yatra row: SC upholds interim order on display of owner's name; seeks response from UP and other state govts
Supreme Court on Friday continued its interim order of staying directives issued by authorities of certain State governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route should display the names of the owners outside such shops.
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Moreover, the apex court has sought response from government of UP, Uttarakhand, and MP govts on the above mentioned case.
The court was hearing pleas by TMC MP Mahua Moitra others challenging the directives of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments asking eateries along the Kanwar Yatra routes to display names of their owners and their staff.
The apex court on July 22 had stayed the directives by the Uttar Pradesh government directing shop owners to display their nameplates outside shops during the Yatra.
Earlier, issuing notice to the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh, where the Ujjain municipal body had issued a similar directive, a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti, had said eateries may be required to display the kind of food they are serving like they are vegetarian or non-vegetarian.
The significant order comes amid an escalating row over the directives, with even BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) joining the chorus for their withdrawal and opposition parties resolving to raise the issue in Parliament.
The opposition has alleged that the orders were «communal and divisive» and intended
