SC orders eateries along Kanwar Yatra route to display licence, registration

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay the Uttar Pradesh government's directive mandating eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes.

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It instead directed hotel and restaurant owners to comply with existing legal provisions by visibly displaying their licences and registration certificates.

A bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh noted that the Kanwar Yatra was concluding and, therefore, refrained from addressing broader concerns over the display of QR codes or the identity of proprietors. "We are told that today is the last day of the yatra. In any case, it is likely to come to an end in the near future," the bench observed. "At this stage we would only pass an order that all the respective hotel owners shall comply with the mandate of displaying the licence and the registration certificate as per the statutory requirements."