Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2020: devotees eyeing SC on Rath Yatra, hearing today

Bhubaneswar, Jagran correspondent.  Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath ji’s rath yatra will be carried out or not to be done, it is to be heard once again in front of a single bench in the Supreme Court of the country today at 11:00 am. In such a situation, the eyes of Jagannath devotees have been eyeing the Supreme Court since this morning. Not only this, the Odisha government will also present its side during today’s hearing, in such a situation, there is a lot of curiosity in the minds of the people about what the Odisha government puts before the Supreme Court. 

On Sunday night, a release from the Law Department of the Odisha government said that keeping in mind the request made by devotees Gajapati Maharaj, the state government will present its case during the hearing in the Supreme Court. The Law Department has stated that 3 people applied to the court for not completing the Rath Yatra on June 23 in the writ petition number 571/2020. On June 23, the applicants have requested the court to carry out the rath yatra by complying with the personal recrimination rule. It has requested permission to pull the chariot through servants and police.

The state government has kept Corona in control till now, taking strict steps. The gathering of devotees in the religious journey will be like putting life in the face of disaster. However, the President of the Shrimandir Steering Committee and Gajapati Maharaj Divya Singhdev on Saturday wrote a letter to the state government saying that the state government should take steps without allowing devotees to perform the rath yatra this year. Along with this, it has also requested to take all kinds of steps to protect physical repression in the form of vigilance for Corona epidemic. Many people have filed similar petitions in the Supreme Court. In such a situation, the Government of Odisha will present its side in the Supreme Court today.  

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Significantly, on June 18, the Supreme Court in its judgment said that the world famous Rath Yatra of Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath would not take place this year. For a long time there was uncertainty over whether a rath yatra would take place this year due to an epidemic like corona infection, on which the Supreme Court today took this important decision. The case was heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice SA Bobde. The judge had said that the Rath Yatra should be stopped this year for the safety and public welfare of the people. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court had said that Lord Jagannath will not forgive us if the Supreme Court permits the Rath Yatra. Not only Puri, but this year, the Rath Yatra will not be carried out in any place throughout Odisha.