as the religious congregations attracts more than 10 lakh people to Puri, Bhubaneshwar every year and it would not be safe to hold one amid the pandemic.“We consider it appropriate that in the interest of public health and safety of citizens to restrain the respondents from holding the Rath Yatra this year," the bench said.CJI ordered that no secular or religious activity associated to the Rath Yatra will take place this year.The case will be next heard after 4 weeks.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said, keeping in mind the sensitivity of the matter some rituals could be allowed, albeit without a crowd.The home ministry has prohibited any religious congregations amid the ongoing pandemic.