KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave nod to BJP's 'Rath Yatra' in West Bengal. Allowing the party to hold three 'yatras' of BJP in West Bengal, the court ruled that the administration should ensure that there is no voilation of law and order.

"The administrative authorities denied permission without even making an endeavour that the rally can be allowed by imposing reasonable restrictions," noted the court.

"When the yatras are not for any unlawful purpose, it cannot be completely stopped unless there is any breach of law. The restrictions should be just and reasonable. The threat to public peace and tranquillity should be real instead of imaginary," the bench said.

Worth mention here Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government had dismissed permission for the rath yatra on December 15 after much consideration on the grounds that it might lead to communal clashes. The West Bengal government reiterated the same facts on Wednesday and cited intelligence reports expressing worries of violation of communal harmony in the state. 

The Government had further claimed that the programme scale was very big and need a huge deployment of security personnel covering all districts where the yatras would be conducted spanning 34 days.