22-07-2025
Supreme Court refuses to halt QR code order for Kanwar Yatra eateries for now
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay for now the directives issued by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand requiring eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes to enable pilgrims to know the details of the top court also said the eateries must display their licenses and registration certificates as per the law.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Kotiswar Singh, noting that Tuesday was the last day of the yatra, said it would not go into the legality of the
"We are told that today is the last day of the yatra... At this stage, we would only pass an order that all the respective hotel owners shall comply with the mandate of displaying the licence and the registration certificate as per the statutory requirements," the top court Kanwar Yatra, which began on July 11, coinciding with the first day of the holy month of Sawan, sees devotees walk large stretches to fetch holy water from the River Ganga to offer to Shivlings. During this yatra, devotees avoid the consumption of view of this, the Yogi Adityanath-led government issued an order last month mandating eateries to display QR codes containing details about their owners. The Uttarakhand government also followed directives were challenged in the Supreme Court by academician Apoorvanand Jha and others, who contended that it would lead to discriminatory week, the top court issued notices to the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.A similar diktat issued last year, mandating eateries to display names of owners outside the shops along the Kanwar Yatra route, was stayed by the Supreme the top court had said the eateries only required to indicate the type of food they were offering.- EndsMust Watch
