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.

“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.