Summary:
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the plea seeking to take out the Jagannath Rath Yatra at places other than Puri in Odisha.
Along with this, the court also dismissed the petitions challenging the order of the Odisha government in this matter.
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The Odisha government has allowed Rath Yatra only in Puri and asked all other Jagannath temples to perform rituals in the premises.
The Supreme Court has approved the decision of the government.
The court said that in view of the Covid-19 pandemic permission for the Rath Yatra cannot be given.
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the plea seeking to take out the Jagannath Rath Yatra at places other than Puri in Odisha.
Along with this, the court also dismissed the petitions challenging the order of the Odisha government in this matter.
The name of the lawyer who filed the petition is Vishnu Shankar Jain.
The Chief Justice told the petitioners that you can offer God`s prayer from home.
The conditions are not such that you go to Odisha and pray.