The Karnataka High Court has asked RSS convenor Ashok Patil to meet district authorities on November 5 to discuss the Chittapur route march. The court hopes the meeting will help reach a peaceful resolution before the next hearing on November 7.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) convenor for Kalaburagi, Ashok Patil, to meet district authorities on November 5 at the Advocate-General’s office to discuss the proposed RSS route march in Chittapur town, located in Kalaburagi district.
The court said it expects that this meeting will help find a peaceful solution to the issue. The bench also ordered that the matter will be taken up again on November 7 for the next round of proceedings.
During the hearing, the court asked Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty and Senior Advocate Aruna Shyam, who is representing the petitioner, to attend the meeting and take part in the discussions regarding the event’s logistics and permissions.
The RSS had earlier planned to conduct the march on November 2, but the event has now been postponed until the meeting with the authorities takes place.
This is not the first time the court has had to intervene. Earlier, on October 24, the Karnataka High Court had given a similar direction, asking the state government to hold a peace-committee meeting on October 28 after reports of tension in Chittapur over the planned RSS route march surfaced.
The High Court expressed confidence that the upcoming discussions between RSS representatives and local authorities would help settle the matter in an amicable manner and ensure that the march, if allowed, proceeds in a peaceful and well-coordinated way.
The court stated it
“expressed hope that the meeting would pave the way for a resolution”
and added that it had
“ordered that the matter be taken up again on November 7 for further proceedings.”
It also
“asked Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty and Senior Advocate Aruna Shyam, representing the petitioner, to participate in the discussion on the event’s logistics and permissions.”
The High Court’s latest order once again highlights its efforts to maintain law and order in the region while ensuring that all stakeholders are heard before granting permission for the proposed event.
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