A division bench of the Supreme Court has referred the matter of using Bengaluru’s Idgah Maidan during Ganesh Chaturthi to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as there was no consensus between the judges hearing the matter.
Breaking: Supreme Court Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia REFER THE CASE TO CJI BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN THE JUDGES petitions challenging Karnataka High Court's verdict permitting the use of Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet for Ganesh Chaturthi. https://t.co/lbAeDBN7O2
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The SC has allowed parties to approach the CJI for an urgent hearing of the case.
The Karnataka Waqf Board on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the recent High Court’s order which permitted the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi at Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru’s Chamarajapet.
The top court bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit and S Ravindra Bhat agreed to list the plea for hearing on Tuesday.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the body, mentioned the matter before the court and highlighted that the Supreme Court, in 1964, had stated that the municipal corporation of Bangalore had no right over the same.
