The management alleged a pattern by Hindu parties to alter the shrine’s religious character through interim orders permitting festival-specific pujas.
Supreme Court Declines Dargah Plea Against Maha Shivaratri Pujas, Says Approach High Court First
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea by the Aland Ladle Mashaik Dargah management seeking to restrain Hindu Maha Shivaratri pujas at the shrine, holding that an Article 32 petition was not appropriate.
A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and SC Sharma observed that the petitioner should have first approached the High Court. Earlier, the Chief Justice of India had questioned the growing tendency to directly invoke Article 32.
The plea was eventually withdrawn after the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
[Khaleel Ansari v. State of Karnataka & Ors.]
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