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"Supreme Court modifies its past orders to allow the Puri Rath Yatra with restrictions"
After putting a stay on the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra held at Puri, Odisha on June 18, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court modified its decision on June 22. (continued in the thread)
After putting a stay on the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra held at Puri, Odisha on June 18, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court modified its decision on June 22. (continued in the thread)
It allowed scheduling of the festival on June 23 after imposing conditions to ensure ‘bare minimum participation’ and curfew to avoid the spread of coronavirus amidst the pandemic.
1. This article explains the Supreme Court’s new order and compares the initial order which disallowed the festival with the new one that allowed it. 3/n https://www.thequint.com/news/india/supreme-court-to-hear-pleas-seeking-review-of-order-staying-odisha-puri-rath-yatra-coronavirus-covid19
Alok Prasanna Kumar in this article compares the response of the Odisha HC with that of the Supreme Court to the Jagannath Yatra issue. It argues that the Apex Court has acted as an executive authority instead of serving as a judicial forum. 4/n https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/puri-rath-yatra-covid-pandemic-odisha-govt-supreme-court-modi-union-govt
@Sambit_Dash in this article critiques the stance taken by the Supreme Court and makes a realistic analysis of the ground-level situation in Odisha based on epidemiological, ethical and legal grounds. 5/n https://thewire.in/government/puri-rath-yatra-covid-19-science
@VVenkatesan in this article analyses the reasons given by the Gujarat High Court's decision for not following the Supreme Court's Puri Yatra judgment and further talks about the scope of its interpretation and its role as a precedent. 6/n https://thewire.in/law/rath-yatra-supreme-court-puri-gujarat-ahmedabad
Priyadarshini Sen in this piece highlights the role of religion and its leaders and the way they influence people all around the world amidst the coronavirus pandemic. 7/n https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-in-the-time-of-corona-responsibilities-of-religious-leaders-go-beyond-just-asking-people-not-to-congregate/350580
Gilles Tarabout in this journal piece traces the link between law and religion in the context of judicial intervention in religious matters through judgements related to India’s secular framework. https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/4451
We thank Shravani Vasant Smita and Chitranksha Kumari for their assistance in collating the data. Read more on latest public law developments in our fortnightly newsletter. 9/9
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