Avoid performing religious rituals in court premises : SC Judge Abhay Oka to legal fraternity

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Supreme Court Judge Justice Abhay Oka advised the legal fraternity to avoid performing "Pooja (worship) in the court premises during events while asking to inaugurate any event by bowing down before the copy of the Preamble to the Constitution...

He was speaking at a foundation laying event of new court building in Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune District on Sunday...

Justice Oka said, "This year on November 26, we will complete 75 years of adopting the Constitution given by Baba Saheb Ambedkar..

Along with Justice Gavai, Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Prasanna B Varale of the Supreme Court along with Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, the chief justice of Bombay High court and Guardian Justice of Pune, High Court Judge Justice Rvati Mohite Dere were present at the event...

Referring to the increase of pendency of bail matters at Supreme Court, Justice Gavai said, "Every bench of the Supreme Court attends minimum 15 to 20 cases per day of bail matters..