This is an archive article published on February 26, 2020
PIL against Char Dham Act: HC issues notice to Uttarakhand
The Act paves way for the state government to take over the management of around 50 temples in the state including the Char Dham shrines.
Written by Lalmani Verma
Dehradun | February 26, 2020 01:22 AM IST
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The directions were issued by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe. (File Photo)
The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday sought a reply from the state government on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy, who has challenged the constitutional validity of The Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019 and has prayed to strike down that Act.
The directions were issued by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe.
The Act paves way for the state government to take over the management of around 50 temples in the state including the Char Dham shrines.
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“The petitioner has also prayed that enforceability of the Act should be stopped forthwith. The state government will have to reply also on stay application,” said Manisha Bhandari, petitioner’s counsel.
Chief Standing Counsel Paresh Tripathi said that the court has given time of three weeks to the state government to file reply.
The state government’s move has faced protest from the opposition Congress as well as from priests and pandas of the Badrinath shrine, who had staged demonstrations in Dehradun and in other districts.
Lalmani is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, and is based in New Delhi. He covers politics of the Hindi Heartland, tracking BJP, Samajwadi Party, BSP, RLD and other parties based in UP, Bihar and Uttarakhand. Covered the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, 2019 and 2024; Assembly polls of 2012, 2017 and 2022 in UP along with government affairs in UP and Uttarakhand. ... Read More