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Allahabad HC dismisses PIL against Kanwar route shop closures
Every year, many people in a part of India called Uttar Pradesh go on a special religious walk called the Kanwar Yatra.
During the holy month of Shravan, the police closed shops that sell chicken and mutton along the walking route.
A lawyer named Nasir Farooq from a town called Amroha thought this was unfair.
He said the shop owners need to work to feed their families, and the notice from the police had no date on it.
He asked a big court called the Allahabad High Court to let the shops open again.
The court listened to his request.
But the judges said the lawyer made the case to get attention, not to really help people.
So the court said no and closed the case.
The judges who made this decision were Chief Justice Arun Bhasin and Justice Kshitij Shailendra.
This means the shops must stay closed during Shravan for now.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the closure of chicken and mutton shops on the Kanwar route during Shravan in Uttar Pradesh.
The court said the petitioner, a lawyer, filed the case in 'publicity interest' rather than public interest.
The order was passed by a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhasin and Justice Kshitij Shailendra on Friday.
Amroha-based lawyer Nasir Farooq filed the PIL, saying police closed chicken shops off the Kanwar route with an undated notice, endangering hundreds of livelihoods.
The petitioner argued the notice mentioned only four Mondays even though shops were barred throughout Shravan, and sought the notice's cancellation.
- Who
- A division bench of the Allahabad High Court, comprising Chief Justice Arun Bhasin and Justice Kshitij Shailendra, dismissed the PIL filed by Amroha-based lawyer Nasir Farooq.
- What
- Dismissal of a PIL challenging the closure of chicken and mutton shops along the Kanwar route during Shravan in Uttar Pradesh.
- Where
- Allahabad High Court, Uttar Pradesh, India; the closure affected shops in Amroha.
- When
- Friday (specific date not stated in the article).
- Why
- The court found the petition was filed in 'publicity interest' rather than public interest; the petitioner had argued the undated police notice jeopardized the livelihoods of hundreds of people.
Key facts
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Bench
- Chief Justice Arun Bhasin and Justice Kshitij Shailendra
- Petitioner
- Nasir Farooq, Amroha-based lawyer
- Subject
- PIL against closure of chicken and mutton shops on Kanwar route
- State
- Uttar Pradesh
- Period of closure
- Month of Shravan
- Reason for dismissal
- Filed in 'publicity interest,' not public interest
- Notice
- Undated notice issued by police in Amroha









