Directives to vendors to display names of owners & staffers are to prevent misrepresentation to Kanwar yatris & in line with central and state laws, says the Uttarakhand government.
This week, the Supreme Court stayed UP and Uttarakhand’s Kanwariya Yatra directives, the government presented the 2024 Budget and the Economic Survey criticised the...
Apex court Friday extended its interim stay on UP, Uttarakhand govts' directives to eateries to display owners' names while yatra was ongoing. Stay to remain till next hearing 5 August.
If the intention was to facilitate devotees, a legitimate concern, UP and Uttarakhand police could have simply asked eateries to display whether they serve pure vegetarian food.
Shopkeepers should display type of shop served, but need not display their names, castes or that of their employees, a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S.V.N. Bhatti says.
Swami Yashveer Maharaj has made headlines in the past for ‘converting Muslims back to Hinduism’ and issuing ‘ultimatums’ to administration to clear ‘jihadist’ encroachment.
According to a Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration official, this is a first, and earlier, stalls selling non-veg and liquor would be shut on the days of yatra.
Muslim owners & fruit vendors claim they were pressured by police to write their names on their shops. Eateries selling non-veg food have begun shutting down ahead of the Yatra.
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