NDMC receives 85,000 responses to public notice on proposed removal of Sunehri Masjid
New Delhi, Jan 2: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has received nearly 85,000 comments and suggestions in response to its public notice on the proposed removal of Sunehri Masjid, sources said on Tuesday.
The NDMC had issued a public notice on December 24, seeking feedback by January 1 on its proposal to remove the heritage structure.
"As of January 1 till 5 pm, nearly 85,000 responses were received. They will be studied and analysed and the process is likely to take a week. There is duplicity of replies also with many organisations sending multiple emails. These will be demarcated and analysed and then forwarded to the heritage committee," an NDMC source said.
The Imam of the Sunehri Bagh mosque has moved the Delhi High Court against the proposed demolition of the structure due to alleged traffic congestion in the area.
Petitioner Abdul Aziz challenged the December 24 public notice issued by the NDMC. "Since the matter is sub-judice, the suggestions will be kept confidential. The suggestions will be analysed by experts," a source said.
A vacation bench of Justice Manoj Jain listed the petition for hearing on January 8 following an assurance from the NDMC's counsel that nothing would happen in the meantime as a final call on the action has to be taken by the Heritage Conservation Committee (HCC).
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
