Ahmedabad, Oct. 31 -- The Gujarat high court on Friday stayed a single judge's order quashing restrictions on the sale of non-vegetarian food along designated pilgrimage routes near the Somnath temple, reversing the relief granted to hotel and restaurant owners within hours.

Justice Nisha M Thakore had earlier on Friday allowed petitions filed by owners of hotels and restaurants serving non-vegetarian food in Prabhas Patan in Gir Somnath district and set aside a notification issued by the district magistrate on August 10, 2026. The judge had also rejected the state government's request to stay the operation of the judgment, prompting it to move the division bench.

The division bench of chief justice Manash Ranjan Pathak and justice Nirz...