The BJP on Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to hold its “rath yatra” in West Bengal.
The party has challenged the order of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court which had set aside the order of a single judge allowing the Rath Yatra.
An official of the apex court registry said it has received an appeal from the BJP against the High Court Division Bench’s order. The official said the petition is under scrutiny.
The BJP has sought an urgent hearing of its special leave petition.
The BJP’s ''rath yatra'' in West Bengal, allowed on Thursday by a single Bench of the Calcutta High Court of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty , is postponed again, as a Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Debasish Kargupta and Justice Shampa Sarkar, on Friday asked the single Bench to take a relook at the intelligence reports from districts before allowing the proposed “yatra.”
The single Bench on Thursday set aside the denial of permission for the “yatra” by a panel of three most senior government officers.
On December 6, a single-judge Bench refused permission to the BJP to hold a “rath yatra,” which was scheduled to be flagged off by BJP chief Amit Shah from Cooch Behar in North Bengal on December 7. The party then approached the Division Bench.
The Division Bench, on December 7, asked the State Chief Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Director General of Police to hold a meeting with three representatives of the BJP and take a decision on the “yatra” by December 14.
