Supreme Court refuses to stop QR code directive for eateries along Kanwar Yatra route
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to put a stay on the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand government's order that directed all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes for the pilgrims to know the owners' details, media reports said.
A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Kotiswar Singh said it won't go into the legalities of the government order on the last day of Kanwar Yatra.
"We are told that today is the last day of the yatra... At this stage, we would only pass an order that all the respective hotel owners shall comply with the mandate of displaying the licence and the registration certificate as per the statutory requirements," the court said as quoted by India Today.
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh last month ordered the eateries to display the QR codes.
The Uttarakhand government soon followed the footsteps of the UP government.
The Kanwar Yatra began on July 11 on the inaugural day of the holy month of Sawan.
Kanwar Yatra is a major annual Hindu pilgrimage in India, primarily observed during the Hindu month of Shravan (July–August).
It is a pilgrimage in which devotees of Lord Shiva, called Kanwariyas, travel (often barefoot) to fetch holy water from the Ganges River and offer it to a Shiva lingam in their local or chosen temples.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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