Overview
- The Kalaburagi Bench allowed the Pathasanchalana to proceed on November 16 between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm and directed officials to facilitate it.
- The court increased the band size to 50 members after the petitioner sought 600 marchers and 50 musicians, but it refused to raise the 300-participant limit.
- Justice MGS Kamal recorded the Chittapur Tahsildar’s permission order and disposed of Ashok Patil’s writ petition.
- Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty said the 300 cap was set using turnout data from similar events that drew about 100–150 participants.
- The dispute followed an initial denial by local authorities in October and unfolded against the backdrop of a government restrictions order that the court has stayed.