No relief on ban on Bahraich Dargah fair, next hearing on May 19
Lucknow, May 16 (UNI) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court did not grant any relief to the petitioners for the time being on the matter of ban on the Jeth fair of Dargah Sharif in Bahraich on Friday.
The court has fixed the next hearing of the case for May 19. The petitioners said that Jeth Fair is starting from May 18, so the case should be heard at the earliest. Given this, the court allowed the petitioners to make an application to the Chief Justice for an urgent hearing of the case.
The petition filed by six people, including the chairman of the Dargah Sharif Management Committee of Bahraich, was heard before the Division bench of Justice A R Masoodi and Justice Ajay Kumar Srivastava - I.
Chief Standing Counsel Shailendra Kumar Singh opposed the petition on behalf of the state government, whereas, on behalf of the petitioners, their counsel Dr LP Mishra argued for permission to organise the fair.
The petition challenged the order of District Magistrate Bahraich issued on April 26, in which permission was not granted this time for the Jeth fair held every year near the Dargah of Syed Salar Masood Ghazi. The petitioner has requested the DM to direct him to grant permission for the fair, calling it against the intention of the law.
On the other hand, on May 8, the government counsel opposed the petition, calling the DM's order appropriate. The court ordered the application for interim relief in the next hearing and gave time to the parties, including the government, to submit their reply on the points raised in the petition.
The court said that it would not be appropriate to grant any interim relief until the reply of the opposite parties is sought in the case. The state government has filed a reply in the case, to which the petitioners have also submitted a reply.
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