Bombay High Court Grants Permission For Muharram Procession In Mumbai
The court docket additionally directed the state executive to impose all essential restrictions (Representational)
Mumbai:
The Bombay Top Court docket on Friday granted permission for a Muharram procession within the town with stringent restrictions in position in mild of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and Madhav Jamdar gave permission after the Maharashtra executive granted listening to to a neighborhood Shia Muslim organisation that had petitioned the court docket in the hunt for permission for a symbolic procession for Muharram amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state executive and the petitioner, All India Idaara-E-Tahafuz-E-Hussainiyat, reached an settlement and knowledgeable the court docket of the similar on Friday, following which, the court docket granted permission for the procession.
As in keeping with the court docket’s order, participants of the Shia Muslim group will probably be accredited to hold out the procession on August 30, between four.30 pm and five.30 pm on one pre-determined path best via vans and no longer on foot.
Most of 5 individuals will probably be allowed on a truck and best 5 will probably be accredited stroll with the “Tazia” image for the final 100 meters at the decided on path, the order said.
The 5 individuals of the procession should give their house addresses to the Mumbai police previously, the court docket mentioned.
The court docket additionally directed the state executive to impose all essential restrictions, together with segment 144 of the Felony Process Code [CrPC] if required, to keep watch over crowds and arrange the procession.
