The Supreme Court, in an interim order, had directed shops along the Kanwal Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh to declare the type of food served in their premises and ruled that owners need not declare their names.
In short Three states get directive to display names of shopkeepers on shops Petitioners argue that the idea of the directive is “caste-based exclusion” Similar orders have also been issued by the Congress and Uttarakhand government The Supreme Court on Monday issued guidelines quashing an interim order asking shopkeepers along Kanwar Yatra Road in Uttar Pradesh to display their names. The court explained that the owners will only display the type of food served in their restaurants. The bench, comprising Bench Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhati, issued the directions to the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh, which had issued the “name tag order”. The panel was hearing a case filed by the Civil Rights Protection Association, a non-governmental organisation, challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s order.