Bengaluru : Karnataka High Court on Monday stated that the Congress-led government’s order making it mandatory for private organisations to obtain prior permission from authorities to hold events in public places and government-owned properties violates fundamental rights.

The bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna made this observation while hearing a petition filed by Punashchetana Seva Samsthe and extended the interim stay on the order until the next hearing on December 15. The court also declined the government’s request to confine the interim stay only to the petitioner.

The Karnataka High Court further clarified that the interim stay it had issued on October 28 — stopping the government from enforcing its order that banned gatherings of ten or more people for peaceful civic, soci

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