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HC asks Bihar, Union govts to file counter-affidavits
Patna, Oct 17: The Patna High Court today directed the Bihar and Union governments to file counter-affidavits on a writ petition seeking the court`s directive against alleged measures taken to prevent Ram bhakts from reaching Ayodhya for VHP`s `Sankalp` rally.
Patna, Oct 17: The Patna High Court today directed
the Bihar and Union governments to file counter-affidavits on
a writ petition seeking the court's directive against alleged
measures taken to prevent Ram bhakts from reaching Ayodhya
for VHP's 'Sankalp' rally.
After a brief hearing on the Public Interest Litigation
(PIL) filed by a former state joint secretary of VHP and two
others, a division bench comprising acting Chief Justice
Nagendra Roy and Justice R S Garg directed the counsels of
state and Union governments to seek necessary instructions
from the respective governments and file counter-affidavits in
the case by next Tuesday when the matter would come up for
hearing.
The petitioners had alleged that they were prevented from
going to Ayodhya at Gopalganj (the native district of Chief
Minister Rabri Devi and RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav) and
Patna in violation of their Fundamental Rights.
Petitioner's counsel Bhupendra Singh during the hearing
wanted to know whether it was within the constitutional right
of a government to make discrimination between Hindus and
Muslims in matters of performing religious rites and visiting
places sacred to them.
Bureau Report