Police restricting Rath Yatra would amount to interference with religious practice: Calcutta High Court

The Court said that it would be grossly inappropriate on the part of the police to dictate that the deity has to travel without a chariot for half the journey.
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The Calcutta High Court on Monday criticised the State police for not allowing a chariot procession in Sankrail, Howrah during the Jagannath Rath Yatra this year, noting that the conditions set by the police amounted to interference with religious practice. [Manoj Mishra v. State]

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