Mosque

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Never Reported Judgment | No right can be acquired to construct a mosque merely by existence of an old building where a mosque once existed for a period of time [(1953) 1 SCC 431]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on religious and charitable endowments.

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[Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque case] Allahabad HC allows plea seeking appointment of Court commissioner for inspecting the Mosque

This application had been moved in the original suit, presently pending in the High Court concerning Mathura’s Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque dispute.

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Delhi High Court expresses concern over conversion of public places of worship into residence by Priests and Imams

The Delhi High Court took note of the fact that Article 25 of the Constitution of India does not bestow such a right.

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‘Shivling’ in Gyanvapi Mosque a complex issue; SC transfers the matter to a senior and experienced District Judge

Supreme Court: Considering the complexity of the issue related to a ‘Shivling’ found in the complex of the Gyanvali Mosque in Varanasi,

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‘Protect ‘Shivling’ but don’t stop Namaz’: Supreme Court on claim of Shivling found in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque

Supreme Court: After it was claimed that a ‘Shivalinga’ was found at the complex of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, the bench

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Use of loudspeaker in mosque is not a fundamental right: All HC

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Vivek Kumar Birla and Vikas Budhwar, JJ., held that the law has been settled, that use

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Bom HC | Religious places of worship closed; Prayer offering in mosque during Ramzaan not allowed in wake of COVID-19: Court discusses scope of Art. 25

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of R.D. Dhanuka and V.G. Bisht, JJ., held that offering of prayers only in the mosque

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Tablighi Jamaat| SC transfers all cases pending in different Delhi Trial Courts to Saket Court; Directs disposal within 8 weeks

Supreme Court: After Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari that as of today only

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Madras HC | Tablighi Jamaat | Foreigners who attended congregation not criminals: HC grants bail and allows return of foreigners to native country

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J., while addressing a petition with regard to release of Tablighis, stated that, Covid-19 should teach us to

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Lockdown | All HC | Court refuses to direct opening of Mosque/Idgah in Uttar Pradesh for offering of Namaj of Eid-Ul-Fitr and Dova

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Siddhartha Varma, J. denied to interfere with the petition for seeking opening

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All HC | ‘Azan’ an essential & integral part of Islam but use of loud­speakers is not; Right to offer Azan by voice, protected under Art. 25 of Constitution

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Ajit Kumar, JJ., while addressing a Public Interest Litigation held that, “Azan

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All HC | Re-installing of amplifiers and loudspeakers for “Azaan” — denied; Arts. 19(1)(a) and 25 of the Constitution have to be read together

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and Vipin Chandra Dixit, JJ., while addressing a petition preferred by the people