SC refuses to entertain plea for permission to carry out Muharram procession across country

New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea for permission to carry out Muharram procession across the country. The apex court has asked Lucknow-based petitioner to move before the Allahabad High Court with his plea.

The top court said how it can pass a general order for the whole country and if relief was made for a particular area, then the risk could be assessed.

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said, it would lead to chaos. Hearing the matter through video conferencing yesterday, the bench said, the court cannot risk the health of all the people.

The bench then allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition with the liberty to approach the High Court with limited prayer of holding procession in Lucknow.