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[Eid Procession] "As Far As Citizens Are Permitted To Celebrate Festivals, The Banners Of Committees Become Immaterial": Gujarat High Court
Live LawWhile hearing two pleas challenging the State police's 'inaction' to decide the applications filed by Ahmedabad-based committees/banners to take out Eid-e-Milad processions, the Gujarat High Court today remarked that what is important is that the festivals are allowed to be celebrated, and it is immaterial under whose banner the same are being celebrated. On the other hand, the government pleader Manisha Lavkumar submitted before the Court that the state government was in the process of rejecting the applications of the petitioners and that it had already granted permission to about 8 associations to take out the religious processions and that over 7 lakh people are set to join the celebrations. "Festivals are meant for the people to celebrate not for any banner or for any person to take credit that under my banner these many people have joined," the Court further remarked. However, the Court did ask the Government to request its authorities to expedite the process of taking decisions on the applications submitted before it by the committees to celebrate such festivals, take out processions, etc.
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