The plea has sought restraining the authorities from inflicting any obstruction or interference in the efficiency of ‘namaz’ on the mosque (File photograph/News18)
In its reply to the petition, the Archaeological Survey of India stated the mosque comes inside the boundary of Qutub Minar and is inside the protected space the place prayers can’t be permitted
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to advance the listening to of a plea by the Managing Committee of the Delhi Waqf Board towards the Archaeological Society of India (ASI) stopping namaz at Mughal Mosque in town’s Mehrauli space.
The counsel for the petitioner stated the matter was “ripe for final disposal”, and in view of the upcoming spiritual events, the listening to scheduled for August 21 needs to be superior.
The central authorities counsel opposed the request and stated he would file a response to the rejoinder filed by the petitioner.
“List on date already fixed,” stated Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri.
The grievance of the petitioner earlier than the excessive court docket is that the officers of the ASI utterly stopped the providing of namaz in the Mughal mosque on May 13, 2022, in an “absolutely unlawful, arbitrary and precipitous manner”, with out serving any discover or order.
In its reply to the petition, the Archaeological Survey of India stated the mosque comes inside the boundary of Qutub Minar and is inside the protected space the place prayers can’t be permitted.
During the submissions, petitioner’s counsel M Sufian Siddiqui emphasised that the Mughal mosque was distinct from the “contentious” Quwattul Islam Mosque which is the subject material of a go well with earlier than a decrease court docket in Saket.
A plea, pending earlier than a Saket court docket, has prayed for restoration of Hindu and Jain deities contained in the Qutub Minar complicated on the bottom that 27 temples had been partly demolished by Qutubuddin Aibak, a basic in the military of Mohamad Gauri, and Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque was raised contained in the complicated by reusing the fabric.
In the early listening to software, the petitioner stated the following date of listening to is nearly six months later, and with every passing day, its rights had been getting transgressed and devotees had been wanting ahead to providing namaz in the Mughal Masjid on the event of ‘Shab-e-barat’ after which the holy month of Ramadan.
Responding to the Centre’s stand, the petitioner asserted that the mosque will not be “protected”, is outdoors the fenced space and at a distance from the Quwwatul Islam Masjid.
“That the respondents have not denied or even disputed those documents and are, in a mischievous manner, trying to create an illusion that the subject matter of the present petition is ‘Quwwatul Islam Masjid’,” the rejoinder filed by the petitioner stated.
The petitioner, in the rejoinder, stated there’s overwhelming proof to show that the mosque was beneath spiritual use and common prayers had been held there when the opposite buildings in adjoining space had been declared as centrally protected monuments.
In its reply, the ASI has stated that permitting prayers on the Mughal mosque will “not only set an example but it may also impact other monuments too”.
It cautioned that the choice of the excessive court docket would “have a significant bearing/influence” on the matter earlier than the Saket court docket.
“The instant matter is liable to be dismissed on the grounds that the Petitioners are misleading the Hon’ble Court by stating that the Mosque in question is not a Centrally Protected Monument,” the reply stated.
“Qutub Minar is a Monument of National Importance and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is submitted that it is not a place of worship, since the time of its protection the monument or any part of it, has not been used for any type of worship by any community. It is submitted that the Mosque in question comes within the boundary of Qutub Minar Complex,” added the reply.
The plea has sought restraining the authorities from “inflicting any obstruction or interference in the efficiency of ‘namaz’ on the mosque in query, that’s, a waqf property notified as ‘Masjid adjacent to Eastern Gate of Qutab Minar, Mehrauli’ in Delhi Administration’s Gazette Notification.
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