No Ganesh Chaturthi Festivities at Bengaluru Idgah Maidan: SC Orders Status Quo

"Interim status quo for two days. You have the pooja somewhere else," the bench said.

A Supreme Court bench comprising three judges, hearing a petition filed by the Karnataka Waqf Board that challenged the Karnataka High Court's order granting permission for Ganesh Chaturthi festivities at the Bengaluru Idgah Maidan, ordered that the status quo be maintained by both sides.

"Interim status quo for two days. You have the pooja somewhere else. And go back to the high court," Justice Indira Banerjee said after the hearing on Tuesday, 30 August.

"Issues raised in the special leave petition may be agitated by both parties before the high court. In the meanwhile, the status quo as of today be maintained by both sides. The SLP is disposed of," the bench was quoted as saying by LiveLaw.

"For 200 years it was not done, you also admit, so why not status quo, for 200 years whatever was not held, let it be."

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