Overview
- The Advocate-General said the RSS’s proposed dates of Nov. 13 and Nov. 16 are under positive consideration, with the decision to be conveyed to petitioners.
- The district administration will permit processions on different days subject to conditions as a one-time measure that will not be treated as precedent.
- Both sides told Justice M. G. S. Kamal that the court-directed meeting on Nov. 5 at the Advocate-General’s office was fruitful.
- The case stems from a plea by RSS convener Ashok Patil after the Chittapur tahsildar rejected an earlier request for a route march.
- Dalit and progressive groups opposed RSS volunteers carrying lathis or saffron flags and urged constitutional and national symbols, reflecting local sensitivities also tied to earlier curbs sought by minister Priyank Kharge and a state order since stayed by the court.