HC refuses to grant permission for Chhath Puja celebration at public places due to COVID-19

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused
to interfere with Delhi government’s decision
to ban
Chhath
Puja celebrations
at
public
places like ponds and riverbanks
due
to the
COVID–
19 pandemic.

The high court dismissed a petition challenging the order of chairman of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) not
to allow any gathering in
public
places
for
Chhath
Puja on November 20.

A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad said granting
permission
for the gathering will act as a super spreader of the infection and dismissed the petition being meritless.

“In today’s day and time, such a petition is belied by the ground reality,” the bench said.