Calcutta High Court Denies Permission for Hanuman Chalisa Event on Red Road
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh Rules Against Petitioner's Request for 3,000-Person Rally While Noting Century-Old Eid Tradition at Venue;
The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused permission to hold a 'Hanuman Chalisa paath' on the iconic Red Road in the city on Saturday.
A single judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of Calcutta High Court, while adjudicating a petition of Sudip Kumar Ram, denied permission to hold a rally on Red Road on the occasion of Lord Hanuman Jayanti on Saturday.
The petitioner sought judicial intervention to hold the event with around 3000 participants after the Kolkata Police denied permission to hold a rally on Red Road on the occasion of Lord Hanuman Jayanti.
The petitioner stated that on the same venue, the annual Durga Puja carnival is allowed, and on March 31 last, and the Eid prayer congregation was held.
The court said the Eid prayer has been held on Red Road for a century.
However, Kolkata Police allowed some organisations to hold Lord Hanuman Jayanti elsewhere in the city.