The country’s top court temporarily suspended directives issued by two state governments requiring eateries to display the names of their owners, local media reported, following criticism the rule was intended to divide restaurants by religion.
The rule was imposed last week by neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states – both ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – along a route taken each year by thousands of Hindu pilgrims during the holy month of Shravan.
