Bhubaneswar: Chief Justice SA Bobde will conduct hearing of the review petition on Rath Yatra at 2.30pm from his home at Nagpur through video-conferencing.
Notably, a three-judge bench of Supreme Court comprising of CJI Bobde, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice AS Bopanna will be hearing the review petitions on Rath Yatra at 2.30 pm Monday.
The bench which stayed the Rath Yatra by hearing a petition June 18, will take the final decision on the conduct of this year’s festival.
Earlier in the day, the Centre told the apex court that Rath Yatra in Puri can be allowed without public participation in view of the coronavirus pandemic and said the ‘tradition of centuries may not be stopped’.
The Odisha government also supported the Centre’s stand in the apex court, which is likely to hear the plea seeking modification of its June 18 order staying this year’s Rath Yatra.
Notably a modification application filed by ‘Jagannath Sanskruti Jana Jagarana Manch’ and a separate application seeking modification of the June 18 order has been filed by one Aftab Hossen.
PNN
