New Delhi, June 6 -- The Supreme Court on Friday declined to grant an urgent hearing to a petition challenging a Bombay High Court order that permitted animal sacrifice near a Dargah located within Vishalgad Fort in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district during the Bakr-Eid celebrations on June 7.
The plea, mentioned before a vacation bench comprising justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma, sought immediate intervention against the June 3 High Court order allowing the ritual sacrifice at the historically protected site.
The petitioner's counsel argued that Vishalgad Fort is a notified protected monument under the Maharashtra government and raised concerns about recurring law and order issues linked to such permissions in previous years...