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The petitioner argued that definite sections of women, peculiarly widows, were excluded from the rituals (Express Archives)
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a instrumentality to marque it mandatory for each women to execute Karwa Chauth rituals, with penalties for non-compliance, was dismissed arsenic withdrawn with costs by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The PIL, filed by Narender Kumar Malhotra against the Union of India and different respondent, sought to state Karwa Chauth a festival of bully luck for women and to guarantee that each women, including widows, divorcees, and those successful live-in relationships, enactment successful the rituals. Malhotra besides requested amendments to existing laws to marque non-participation punishable.
The petitioner argued that definite sections of women, peculiarly widows, were excluded from the rituals. He sought a directive for the authorities to instrumentality measures ensuring cosmopolitan information successful the festival.
A part seat comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel observed that the substance fell wrong the legislature’s domain and declined to intervene.
The tribunal allowed Malhotra to retreat the petition but imposed a token outgo of ₹1,000, directing the magnitude to beryllium deposited with the Poor Patient Welfare Fund astatine PGIMER, Chandigarh.
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