Karnataka: The Karnataka High Court has granted permission to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi at Idgah maidan, late Tuesday night. The HC has refused to interfere with the authorities’ decision to allow the celebration at Hubbali ground. The court heard an urgent plea challenging the state government’s order of allowing Ganesh Chaturthi festivities at Hubballi’s Eidgah Maidan.
The top court said that the ground has not been declared as a place of worship, and the petitioner’s charge of violation of provisions of the Act of 1991 cannot be a ground to order the status quo. The court rejected that the property is covered under the Places of Worship Act 1991 and no record has been produced by the petitioner to show the same.
Just hours after the Supreme Court granted permission for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Bengaluru’s Idgah Maidan and ordered the status quo on land by both parties, the petition seeking an urgent hearing was filed.