In a major legal reprieve for private organisations, the Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court has stayed the state government’s order that required prior permission before conducting events or activities on government premises. The interim order, passed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, will remain in effect until the next hearing on November 17.
The directive, issued earlier by the Congress-led Karnataka government, was widely seen as a measure to restrict RSS-linked events and other private gatherings on public property.
The stay was granted in response to a petition filed by Punashchaitanya Seva Samsthe, which argued that the government circular violated the constitutional rights of private entities to organise lawful programmes, as per a report on India Today. The petitioner contended that the directive imposed unreasonable and arbitrary restrictions on the freedoms of association and expression guaranteed under the Constitution.
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