Orissa High Court Allows Holding Of Bali Jatra At Both Upper And Lower Grounds, Orders Regular Breath Analyser Test For 'MoBus' Drivers
Live LawThe Orissa High Court last week allowed the Cuttack district administration to organize the historic Bali Jatra at both the upper as well as lower Bali Jatra grounds scheduled to be held between November 15-22. While hearing a PIL petition concerning the civic issues pertaining to Cuttack a division bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice V. Narasingh in its November 7 order said, "After carefully going through the affidavits filed by the authorities and hearing them and the learned counsel, we are of the humble view that in view of the order passed by the learned National Green Tribunal and particularly the registration/allotment of stalls in the Upper Balijatra Padia which was done prior to the passing of the order dated 30.10.2024, let Balijatra, 2024 be held in Upper Balijatra Padia so also Lower Balijatra Padia". Thus, the Bench had asked the district authorities to consider shifting of all the stalls from upper ground to lower ground especially having regard for the fact that uncontrollable rush happens during the peak hours of evenings in the ring road, which often creates stampede like situation and even hinders movement of emergency vehicles like ambulance. Mr. Bijay Kumar Dash, President of High Court Bar Association filed a report indicating availability of space in the lower ground to shift the facilities from the upper ground, but the Collector denied the veracity of such report.
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