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supreme court hearing today: The Supreme Court is hearing reconsideration petitions in Puri on its earlier order prohibiting the June 23 Rath Yatra (Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2020 news). The reconsideration petition has sought a change in its earlier order from the apex court.

The Supreme Court stayed the Rath Yatra in Jagannath Puri on June 23 due to the Corona epidemic on 18 June itself. But a number of reconsideration petitions have been filed against this decision of the apex court and the court has been sought to stay its earlier order. The top court has agreed to hear in the court reconsideration petitions, a bench of 3 judges, headed by Chief Justice SS Bobde, is hearing it. The hearing has started. Meanwhile, the central government has supported the rath yatra in the court.

The hearing has begun in the Supreme Court on the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra. The three-member bench consists of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice S.A.Bobade, Justice AS.Bopanna, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari.

Center argues in the Supreme Court

On behalf of the Center, SG Tushar Mehta said that centuries of tradition cannot be stopped. He said it is a matter of faith for crores. If Lord Jagannath does not come tomorrow, he cannot come for 12 years according to the traditions. He argued that the state government may impose a curfew for a day, taking care to ensure that the epidemic does not spread. All those services whose corona test is negative can participate in the rituals set by Sri Shankaracharya. People can watch live telecasts on TV and take blessings. The king of Puri and the temple committee can oversee the arrangement of these rituals.

Under the leadership of Chief Justice, 3 judges will hear in a while

The bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Maheshwari will sit for a while to hear the petitions seeking an amendment to the order banning Jagannath Rath Yatra. In fact, on June 18, a three-judge bench of the Chief Justice was ordered to stop the rath yatra.

Screw trapped in Supreme Court here

A dozen petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an amendment to this order, which was before a judge’s bench Justice S Ravindra Bhat for hearing in the Supreme Court today. It is a legal plea that a judge cannot amend the order of a three-judge bench. Therefore, the Central Government has today put this matter in front of the bench of two judges, Arun Mishra sitting in the Supreme Court, He said that on 18 June, the order of stopping the rath yatra was ordered by the bench of the Chief Justice. Now the Chief Justice will consider it and then a hearing will be held.

The petition appealed to the Supreme Court to consider allowing the Rath Yatra to be carried out in a changed form. The city of Puri has been proposed to carry out a rath yatra by the total shutdown and prohibiting the entry of outsiders into the district.