NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh authorities defended its order within the Supreme Courtroom on Friday, stating that the directive to call homeowners throughout the Kanwar Yatra was issued to make sure that the non secular sentiments of Kanwariyas aren’t inadvertently damage and to take care of peace and tranquility within the area.
The UP authorities’s response comes days after the Supreme Courtroom halted UP, Uttarakhand and different state governments from implementing their directives to compel store homeowners and hawkers alongside the routes of the kanwar yatra to show their names together with these of workers members and mentioned that solely the sort of meals they serve ought to be talked about.
“Even small confusions concerning the sort of meals Kanwariyas are served, has the potential to harm their non secular sentiments and trigger flare ups, particularly in a communally delicate space like Muzaffarnagar,” Dwell Legislation quoted the UP authorities as saying.
“Previous incidents have proven that misunderstandings concerning the kind of meals being bought have led to tensions and disturbances. The directives are a proactive measure to keep away from such conditions,” it added.
The courtroom issued discover to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi governments in search of their response by July 26.
“We deem it applicable to cross interim order prohibiting the enforcement of the impugned directives. In different phrases, meals sellers (together with dhaba homeowners, eating places, meals and vegetable sellers, hawkers, and so on) could also be required to show the sort of meals that they’re serving to the kanwariyas. However they need to not be compelled to show the identify/identification of the homeowners and the workers,” the courtroom ordered.
The UP authorities’s response comes days after the Supreme Courtroom halted UP, Uttarakhand and different state governments from implementing their directives to compel store homeowners and hawkers alongside the routes of the kanwar yatra to show their names together with these of workers members and mentioned that solely the sort of meals they serve ought to be talked about.
“Even small confusions concerning the sort of meals Kanwariyas are served, has the potential to harm their non secular sentiments and trigger flare ups, particularly in a communally delicate space like Muzaffarnagar,” Dwell Legislation quoted the UP authorities as saying.
“Previous incidents have proven that misunderstandings concerning the kind of meals being bought have led to tensions and disturbances. The directives are a proactive measure to keep away from such conditions,” it added.
The courtroom issued discover to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi governments in search of their response by July 26.
“We deem it applicable to cross interim order prohibiting the enforcement of the impugned directives. In different phrases, meals sellers (together with dhaba homeowners, eating places, meals and vegetable sellers, hawkers, and so on) could also be required to show the sort of meals that they’re serving to the kanwariyas. However they need to not be compelled to show the identify/identification of the homeowners and the workers,” the courtroom ordered.
