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HC to hear petition on ban on Bahraich Dargah Jeth fair on Saturday

HC to hear petition on ban on Bahraich Dargah Jeth fair on Saturday

Lucknow, May 16 (UNI) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will hear the petition challenging the ban on the Bahraich Dargah Jeth fair on Saturday.
The Chief Justice of the High Court, Arun Bhansali, on Friday constituted a special bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi for urgent hearing of the case on Saturday at 2 PM.
State government's chief standing counsel Shailendra Kumar Singh said that the Chief Justice has ordered the constitution of a special bench on the petitioners' application for urgent hearing. Earlier, in the hearing of the case held on Friday, the petitioners did not get any relief in the case of a ban on the Jeth fair of Dargah Sharif in Bahraich.

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