Chittapur RSS route march row: Karnataka High Court orders for another meeting on November 5 in Advocate-General’s office

The High Court of Karnataka connected Thursday directed the Kalaburagi territory medication to clasp 1 much gathering connected November 5 connected the contented of granting support to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to behaviour its way march successful Chittapur.

This was aft the tribunal was informed that an earlier meeting, held connected October 28, remained “incomplete” owing to the lack of a petitioner, who had knocked the doors of the tribunal against the denial of support for the march.

Justice M.G.S. Kamal passed the interim bid aft Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty pointed retired that the petitioner, Ashok Patil, convener of the RSS way march, Chittapur, did not look for the earlier meeting, adjacent though the announcement was served to him.

However, elder advocator Aruna Shyam M., appearing for the petitioner, pointed retired to the tribunal that the petitioner, successful effect to the notice, had sent his 3 representatives owing to a bereavement successful his family.

The territory administration, Mr. Shyam said, did not inquire the petitioner’s advocates to be the gathering done determination was a absorption from the tribunal successful this regard, portion pointing retired that the gathering was held successful a cordial manner. The petitioner’s representatives had made it wide that they had nary objection for allowing different organisations to clasp their rallies connected antithetic days.

Purpose not achieved

While observing that the beingness of the petitioner was precise indispensable for the territory medication to instrumentality a decision, the tribunal said that it would perceive the petition connected its merit arsenic the purpose, for which the gathering was ordered to beryllium held, could not beryllium achieved owing to the petitioner’s absence.

At this stage, the petitioner’s advocator said that the petitioner was prepared to be personally if helium was called again, and the tribunal accepted this petition arsenic the A-G besides informed the tribunal that that the territory medication would clasp 1 much gathering arsenic it wants to resoluteness the contented astatine the earliest.

Though the petitioner’s advocator said that the territory medication could assistance support for the rallies of different organisations, the A-G said that the medication wants to see the petitioner’s plea for granting support for the way march.

Next meeting

Following this, the tribunal directed the territory medication to clasp 1 much gathering connected November 5 successful the bureau of the A-G successful the beingness of the A-G, the petitioner’s advocates, Mr. Shyam and Kadloor Sathyanarayanacharya.

The tribunal orally said that it is not mounting the code for the gathering but it should acceptable a close way for the things successful future. The tribunal besides said that information successful the November 5 gathering could besides beryllium allowed done videoconference.