New Delhi, July 13 -- The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's recent directive asking food stall owners along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes revealing their names and identities. The petition, filed by Apoorvanand Jha earlier this week, argued that the directive violates the top court's July 2024 interim order that stayed similar measures on the grounds that they were not legally mandated and could lead to discriminatory profiling. A bench headed by justice MM Sundresh is set to hear the matter on Tuesday. "The new measures mandate the display of QR codes on all eateries along the Kanwar route, which reveal the names and identities of the owners, thereby achieving the same dis...