When Covid was sweeping across India in 2020, the Supreme Court had refused permission to organise the world famous Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri in view of crowding fears in the pandemic. The man accused in this case put out whatsapp message calling volunteers to attack CJI with shoes.
The Supreme Court will today take up the petition, seeking cancellation of Rath Yatra, scheduled to start on July 12 in Puri, Odisha, in view of the surge in cases of Novel Coronavirus.