India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New
Delhi,
Aug
30:
The
Supreme
Court
on
Tuesday
referred
to
a
three-judge
bench
against
the
High
Court’s
order
allowing
Ganesh
Chaturthi
at
Idgah
Maidan
in
Chamarajpet,
Bengaluru.
The
apex
court
said
that
let
the
matter
be
placed
before
the
Chief
Justice
of
India
as
there
is
no
consensus
between
the
two
judges
hearing
the
matter.
Last
week,
the
high
court
had
granted
permission
to
hold
Ganesh
Chaturthi
celebrations
at
Idgah
Maidan
in
Bengaluru’s
Chamarajpet.
Despite
HC
nod,
Karnataka
govt
yet
to
decide
on
Ganesh
festival
at
Idgah
Maidan
The
high
court
had
said
the
government
can
take
a
call
to
permit
the
festival
on
the
ground.
The
court
passed
the
order
after
the
state
government
filed
an
appeal
challenging
the
August
25
interim
order
to
maintain
status
quo.
The
high
court
modified
the
interim
order
and
allowed
the
state
government
to
consider
and
pass
appropriate
orders
on
applications
seeking
use
of
the
land
in
question
for
holding
religious
and
cultural
activities
for
a
limited
period
from
August
31
onwards.
The
Idgah
Maidan
is
at
the
centre
of
a
controversy
over
its
ownership
with
both
the
waqf
board
and
the
city
administrative
body
–
the
Bruhat
Bengaluru
Mahanagara
Palike
(BBMP)
–
claiming
ownership,
until
it
was
declared
to
be
the
property
of
the
revenue
department
earlier
this
month.
Hindu
organisations
have
since
been
pushing
for
their
festivals
to
be
celebrated
at
the
ground,
recently
seeking
permission
to
hold
the
Ganesh
Chaturthi
festival
there.
On
Saturday,
chief
minister
Basavaraj
Bommai
told
news
agency
PTI
that
the
state
government
will
decide
on
implementing
the
court
order
after
holding
a
meeting
with
the
advocate
general
and
the
revenue
minister.
Karnataka
HC
allows
Ganesh
Chaturthi
celebration
at
Idgah
Maidan
“The
division
bench
of
the
high
court
has
given
an
order
regarding
Chamrajpet
survey
number
40
(Idgah
Maidan)
asking
the
government
to
take
an
appropriate
decision,
and
has
analysed
how
our
country
is
multi-religious.
Regarding
implementing
the
court
order
in
letter
and
spirit,
tomorrow
the
advocate
general,
revenue
minister
and
I
will
hold
discussions,”
Bommai
told
PTI.