The Gujarat High Court restores a ban on non-vegetarian food sales and storage near the Somnath temple after a division bench issues a stay, shortly after a single-judge bench struck down the restriction. The stay comes following an urgent appeal filed by the Gujarat government against the earlier decision.
Across reports, the core dispute centres on a government notification that restricts non-veg food within a 500-metre radius of Somnath and in six other designated areas around religious sites. Restaurant owners who challenged the notification say the move affects their livelihood and trade rights. One report details how the government sought short stays after the single-judge order and how the court rejected those requests, citing the case’s direct impact on the petitioners. Another report frames the government’s position as rooted in the temple’s spiritual importance.
The outlets differ mainly in emphasis: one highlights the procedural turn—stay after an urgent appeal—while the other focuses more on the initial quashing, the rejected stay attempts, and arguments around livelihood and constitutional trade rights.
