CJI-led SC bench to hear today pleas seeking nod for Puri Rath Yatra

The Puri Rath Yatra, which is attended by hundreds of thousands of people from across the world, is scheduled from June 23

The Supreme Court on Monday said Chief Justice S A Bobde has agreed to set up a three-judge bench to hear during the day the pleas seeking modification of its order which stayed this year's historic Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra in Puri due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra, before whom the Centre mentioned the matter and sought modification of the June 18 order, told the lawyers that the CJI has agreed to set up a three-judge bench for hearing the pleas which have sought to allow the Rath Yatra with certain conditions.

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