The public safety and comfort is first and then comes the religious structures, Temple , Dargah or Gurudwara said the court.
We are a secular country and our directions will be for all,irrespective of religion or community. Of course, for encroachment we have said… if it is on a public road, footpath, water body or railway line area, it has to go, public safety is paramount.
If there is any religious structure in the middle of the road, be it gurudwara or dargah or temple, it cannot obstruct public,” the court said.
Justice Gavai said, “For unauthorised construction, there has to be one law, it is not dependent on religion or faith or beliefs.”
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The Solicitor General objected. “I know for whom they are, we don’t want this to be internationalist.
Our Constitutional courts are powerful enough and our government is assisting non-adversarialy. We don’t need an international agency to come in,” he said. The religious structures must not trouble the day-to-day affairs of the public in general they opined.
