bengaluru the karnataka high court has granted interim approval for a udupi woman to conduct service meetings at her house with a caveat that there should be no large congregations and such meetings should not cause disturbance in the neighbourhoodthe order which will be in force till the next hearing likely after the courts winter vacation was passed on wednesday by justice krishna s dixit after petitioner esthela louies gave an undertaking through her counselin her petition esthela said shes involved in communityservice activities and has been conducting prayers at her residence in devalkanda in kundapura taluk of the district on fridays and sundays for the past 11 yearsshe had challenged the october 26 notice issued by the station house officer of kundapura rural police station claiming it violated her fundamental rights guaranteed under the constitutionin her undertaking to the court the petitioner said she would ensure there would be no huge congregations to avoid the possible risk of covid19 spreading and no disturbance or nuisance in the neighbourhood she also said she would not give any scope to level allegations of conversion activitiesthe petitioner said any violation of the conditions would result in the rescinding of the interim order and police and other jurisdictional authorities may take appropriate action against the concerned the petitioner has agreed that police are free to make audio or video recording of the activities of the meetingsthe above conditions are imposed to dispel the vehement submission of the additional government advocate that the area being communally sensitive the congregation is likely to endanger peace and harmony and endanger law and order justice dixit has observed in his order directing the matter to be posted after the winter vacationthe kundapura police in their notice had said she was holding meetings without licence from police and it was a violation of the law therefore they had asked her to submit documents at the police stationaccording to esthela she had submitted response stating she doesnt require police permission for conducting prayers as it comes under her religious right after the notice was issued she said she was not being allowed to offer prayers at her house and police have warned her that her friends and relatives would be arrested if they came to visit her for prayers