RSS route march in Chittapur: Karnataka High Court directs Kalaburagi district administration to offer report indicating motion taken in in accordance permission for November 2 pathasanchalana

The High Court of Karnataka, in a particular sitting on Sunday, directed the Kalaburagi district administration to submit a report by October 24 indicating the motion taken in in accordance permission for the revised proposal of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to carry pathasanhalana (route march) in Chittapur on November 2 as an alternative of October 19, as was proposed earlier.

Justice M.G.S. Kamala handed the interim order on a petition filed by Ashok Patil, convener of the RSS route march, Chittapur.

The petitioner had questioned the legality of the choice of Chittapur tahsildar, who on October 18 denied permission for the march citing that there may very well be a regulation and order problem as two different organisations, the Bhim Army and the Bharatiya Dalit Panthers, additionally proposed to carry rallies on the identical day, on the similar time, on the similar place as was proposed by the RSS.

Though the tahsildar initially had sought extra info on the October 19 march from the petitioner, he later denied the permission stating that he acquired details about the opposite two rallies.

The petitioner approached the tahsildar on October 17 as a request, submitted on October 13, to the Chittapur civic physique and the Circle Police Inspector for permitting the march was not thought of.

During the listening to, the courtroom requested senior advocate Aruna Shyam, showing for the petitioner, whether or not it might be potential for the petitioner and his organisation to carry the occasion on another date. To this, the senior advocate stated that November 2 could be handy and sought the courtroom’s route to the authorities to allow the occasion then based mostly on the request submitted to carry the march on October 19.

Though State Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty stated that the district administration might guarantee a chosen place for the petitioner’s occasion, he advised the courtroom that authorities would take into account the request for the march whereas declaring that judicial precedents would point out that taking out processions by public streets has been discouraged and denounced.

Meanwhile, the courtroom recorded the enterprise given on behalf of the petitioner that the RSS, which already carried out greater than 250 route marches sans any untoward incidents, would make sure that peace, tranquility and concord could be maintained in its proposed route march in Chittapur additionally.

The courtroom famous that the Supreme Court’s judgment that upholds elementary proper to assemble peacefully and to maneuver freely all through the nation, additionally signifies that the facility of the State, which has main duty to keep up regulation and order, to impose affordable restrictions doesn’t imply arbitrary exclusion.

Further listening to was adjourned until October 24.