SC To Hear Modification Pleas On Rath Yatra Tomorrow

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Multiple petitions, seeking modification in the stay order on Rath Yatra, have been listed for hearing in the Supreme Court at 11 am on Monday

The single-judge bench of  Justice S Rabindra Bhatt is scheduled to hear the petitions at virtual court number 3.

A total of 17 petitions have been filed for a partial modification to the earlier order of the apex court. Eight among them have been filed from Odisha, seeking permission to allow the chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings to roll on Bada Danda (Grand Road) in Puri.

The SC had stayed the annual sojourn of the sibling deities across Odisha amid the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday.

Supreme Court lawyer Sarthak Nayak told the media that the single-bench judge, however, cannot decide on whether to hear these petitions as a three-member division had given the verdict earlier. After the petitions are listed, the division bench will decide whether these will be heard or not, he added.