India: Police order to write owner's identity on shops during Yatra cancelled
India's Supreme Court has quashed a police order to post shopkeepers' identities outside shops during Hindu yatras in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
In the order issued by the court, it was said that only the types of food items should be written on the food shops, it is not necessary to write the name of the shopkeeper.
The court said that such an order has no legal basis, it harms the secular character of the country.
The petitioners said that the police are acting, the minorities and dalits are being isolated and the livelihood of the people is being affected.
The government-sponsored police orders were also severely criticized by the Indian opposition, the opposition party Samajwadi Party said that such orders are a social crime and are the cause of disturbing the atmosphere of peace.
It should be noted that the police of Muzaffarnagar in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh gave a unique instruction to the owners of shops and restaurants to write their names clearly.
Indian journalist Rajdeep Sir Desai says that this step has been taken to prevent Muslims from buying food and drinks.