HC refuses to grant permission to Jeth Mela at Bahraich dargah
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Saturday refused to grant permission to organise the annual Jeth Mela ('urs') at Dargah Sharif in Bahraich.
The court, however, said that routine activities and other rituals at the dargah would continue.
The court passed an interim order while reserving the detailed judgment which will be pronounced later.
A division bench of justice AR Masoodi and justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed the order on the petition filed by Waqf No. 19, Dargah Sharif, and two other petitioners.
The petitioners had demanded that the court set aside the order of the local administration whereby it restrained the Dargah Sharif Management Committee from organising Jeth Mela.
The bench heard the petitioners on Saturday after the Chief Justice of the Allahabad high court constituted a special bench to hear the matter on a holiday.
After prolonged hearing, the bench, in its interim order, directed the local administration to maintain law and order, providing necessary civic amenities in association with the committee administering the management of dargah.
Additional advocate general Kuldeep Pati Tripathi did not object to the interim order passed by the court.
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The court directed the mela committee to ensure that there was no overcrowding at Dargah Sharif.
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Saturday refused to grant permission to organise the annual Jeth Mela ('urs') at Dargah Sharif in Bahraich.
The court, however, said that routine activities and other rituals at the dargah would continue.
The court passed an interim order while reserving the detailed judgment which will be pronounced later.
A division bench of justice AR Masoodi and justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed the order on the petition filed by Waqf No. 19, Dargah Sharif, and two other petitioners.
The petitioners had demanded that the court set aside the order of the local administration whereby it restrained the Dargah Sharif Management Committee from organising Jeth Mela.
The bench heard the petitioners on Saturday after the Chief Justice of the Allahabad high court constituted a special bench to hear the matter on a holiday.
After prolonged hearing, the bench, in its interim order, directed the local administration to maintain law and order, providing necessary civic amenities in association with the committee administering the management of dargah.
Additional advocate general Kuldeep Pati Tripathi did not object to the interim order passed by the court. The court directed the mela committee to ensure that there was no overcrowding at Dargah Sharif.
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