The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday disposed of a PIL seeking permission to open mosques for offering Eid prayers.
The bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma refused to pass any such instructions while stating,
“it does not appear that the petitioner before approaching this Court made any demand to the State for redressal of the grievance.”
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The court emphasized that a party seeking writ in the nature of mandamus must first approach to the Authority competent for redressal of the grievance, and should approach the court only if such recourse fails.
“The petitioner must approach to the State first and on denial of the relief claimed or any unusual delay in considering the same, the petitioner shall be at liberty to approach this Court by invoking the writ jurisdiction,”
High Court Order
Last week, the Allahabad High Court allowed the Muezzins of various mosques in the state to recite the Azan, even amid lockdown, while holing that Azan is an integral part of Islam. However, the court strongly objected to the use of microphones.
Read the Order here:
