SUPREME COURT HEARING, BENGALURU'S EIDGAH MAIDAN WON'T BE HOSTING A GANESH FESTIVAL

As per today's Supreme Court judgment of "status quo" on a petition by the Karnataka Waqf Board, Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Bengaluru's Eidgah Maidan won’t be taking place. This broke the impasse that had developed since the state administration had insisted on granting licences to erect pandals only in time for the Hindu festival, which will be takes place tomorrow and the following day.
The High Court had previously ruled that the government could grant authorization, but the waqf board appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds that no other religious celebrations had taken place there "for 200 years." The 2.5-acre site must therefore remain as it is, according to the court's three-judge bench.
The High Court will ultimately decide on the fundamental question Does the state government or the waqf board own the land?
A government-managed temple should be permitted for two days, the state lawyer argued at the court, adding that No temple will be permanently structured there.
The board's counsel responded in kind, "Regarding the Babri Masjid, the then-CM of UP similarly provided a guarantee. You are aware of what took place there "a reference to the mosque being demolished in 1992; following a Supreme Court ruling, a Ram Temple is now being built in its stead.
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