HC dismisses plea against Ram Mandir Bhoomi-Pujan

Newsbasket Desk July 25, 2020

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Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Friday has junked a plea seeking direction for stopping the “Bhoomi Punaj” for laying down foundation stone of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya scheduled on August 5.

A bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice SD Singh junked the plea filed by a social activist Saket Gokhale on Thursday.

HC dismisses plea against Ram Mandir Bhoomi-Pujan

The petitioner had filed the plea seeking the court’s direction to restrain the foundation laying ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya contending that it would breach the protocol to check Covid-19. The petitioner argued that gathering of people may cause violation of the social distancing.

The bench dismissed the petition saying that the entire petition is based on assumptions. The Court expected that organizers would maintain social and physical distancing.