Supreme Court declines urgent hearing on plea against PM’s chadar offering at Ajmer Dargah
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New Delhi: A petition to prevent Prime Minister Narendra Modi from performing a ceremonial chadar at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah during the 814th annual Urs of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisti was rejected by the Supreme Court for immediate hearing.
The plea was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, as reported by Hindustan Times. Making his position clear, the Chief Justice said on Monday that the court would not list any matter on the same day merely on oral mentioning. The bench indicated that if the petition met the required threshold of urgency, it could be considered for listing on a later date, possibly December 26 or December 29.
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“No listing today,” the bench said, refusing the request for an immediate hearing. The petition challenges the proposed ceremonial offering at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. This offering is a tradition that has been followed by successive Prime Ministers since Independence and according to media reports Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju is scheduled to offer the chadar on behalf of the Prime Minister as part of the Urs observances.
During the brief exchange, counsel for the petitioner argued that a similar matter relating to the Sankat Mochan Mandir was already pending before the court.The bench was not convinced that the situation required immediate judicial action when the attorney requested an urgent stay on the chadar offering.
The petition has been filed as a public interest litigation by Jitender Singh, president of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, through advocate Barun Kumar Sinha. It questions what it describes as “state-sponsored ceremonial honours, official patronage and symbolic recognition” extended to Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti by Union government authorities.
The plea contends that such practices are unconstitutional and arbitrary, and claims they run contrary to the constitutional ethos, dignity and sovereignty of the nation. Referring to historical accounts, the petitioner has argued that Chisti arrived in India during the 12th century, around the time of invasions led by Shahabuddin Ghori, and was allegedly linked to foreign conquest and religious conversion, with the institutionalisation of the dargah occurring much later.
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"He was forced to take them": Warne's son says COVID vaccines caused legend's death
Sydney, Apr 13 (PTI): Four years after Shane Warne's death left the cricketing world in shock, his son Jackson has asserted that the spin legend's demise was probably caused by the "three or four" COVID vaccines that he was "forced to take for work."
Speaking on '2 Worlds Collide podcast', Jackson, however, also acknowledged that his father had underlying health issues. Warne was 52 when he died in Thailand in 2022 after suffering a heart attack.
"I definitely think that it (COVID vaccine) was involved. I don't even think saying that is controversial anymore. Even if dad had underlying health issues, I think this brought it out right to the surface and that's one thing that I've always struggled with," Jackson said.
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"My first impression, as soon as I hung up the phone (after receiving the news of Warne's death), I instantly blamed the government. I instantly blamed COVID and the vaccine."
Jackson said he barely managed to stop himself from vocalising his exact thoughts at the memorial service.
"It was probably smart I didn't, I would be in a very different position if I did. But that was how I felt," Jackson said.
"Yes, a lot of people were dying of heart attacks before. But dad was okay, I think he might have got three or four (vaccine doses), he didn't want to get them, he was forced to get them for work. He was forced to get them like everybody else," he asserted.
"...I try not to think about it too much because all that does is fester into anger. That anger is not good for anybody," he added.
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Giving an insight into the lifestyle of his father, who was known to be indulgent, Jackson said it was relatively healthy despite the smoking and drinking.
"Dad, at the time, was healthy, he was happy. He looked the best he had in a while. Yes, he smoked and drank, but so many more people in their 80s and 90s still smoke and drink a lot more than dad," he said.
Warne had contracted COVID a few months before his death during his 2021 coaching stint with The Hundred event in England.
However, he was not known to have any major ailment at the time of his stunning demise.
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