HC questions locus standi of petitioners on plea against ban on Bahraich urs
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the
Allahabad high court
on Friday asked the
locus standi
(right to sue) of the petitioners to file the plea challenging the order of local administration restraining the mela committee from organizing annual urs on the dargah of
Syed Salar Masood Ghazi
in Bahraich.
Granting time to petitioners, the bench fixed May 19 as the next date of hearing.
A bench of justice AR Masoodi and justice AK Srivastava (I) passed the order on the writ petition filed by
Waqf No. 19
, Dargah Sharif, Bahraich.
The bench asked the petitioners to prove their right to sue in the present case and only then would it hear the plea on merit.
Appearing on behalf of petitioners, advocate LP Mishra said that if Kumbh could be organized, why 'urs' was not being allowed.
He claimed that the govt was discriminating on the basis of religion and it was the violation of right to profess religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India.
The bench, however, said that it was the right of the court to be satisfied if the petition was maintainable or not.
"Without being satisfied on this aspect, we will not proceed further," the bench said.
Mishra requested the court to fix Saturday for the next hearing and assured that he would place the necessary documents before the court. However, the bench refused to fix Saturday as it was a holiday. The court asked Mishra to move proper application before the chief justice in this regard as only he could constitute a special bench on holidays.
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