New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning agreed to hear a petition challenging the Karnataka Government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize winner and Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara festival atop Chamundi Temple on Sept. 22, which has triggered a political slugfest between the Congress Government and the State’s BJP leadership.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai agreed to the urgent listing of the case filed by Bengaluru resident H.S. Gaurav after it was orally mentioned by a counsel, who said a “non-Hindu has been invited to perform the ‘Agra Puja’ (first prayers) in the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Temple as part of the Dasara festival in Karnataka.”
