Prayagraj The Allahabad High Court has refused permission to take out the Tajiya procession of Moharram by removing the ban on the holding of religious ceremonies. The court said that the corona infection is spreading like wildfire. Allowing the tazia to be removed can spread the infection. The court did not consider the mandate prohibiting all religious ceremonies as discriminatory. Under this, the petitions challenging the mandate were rejected. This order has been given by the bench of Justice Shashikant Gupta and Justice Shamim Ahmed while giving judgment on the PILs of Roshan Khan and many others.
The Allahabad High Court said that the government has banned all religious ceremonies in the hope of spreading the corona infection. No particular community has been discriminated against. Janmashtami has not even been allowed to put a tableau on tableau and Ganesh Chaturthi. In the same way it cannot be allowed to take out Tajiya in Moharram. The allegation that the petitioner targeted a particular community is baseless. The government has taken this step to stop the spread of corona infection.
At the same time, the petitioner had said that the Supreme Court has given permission for the Rath Yatra of Jagannathpuri and the prayer prayer in the Jain temples of Mumbai. On this, the court said that it cannot be compared to Tajiya burial and other ceremonies. Said that we are standing on the beach. When the wave of corona infection will sweep us deep, we cannot even guess it. We need to learn the art of living life with Corona. We believe that in future God will give us the opportunity to organize religious ceremonies along with our traditions.
Senior advocate VM Zaidi, SFA Naqvi and KK Rai debated the petition. They said that the ban on religious ceremonies is a violation of the fundamental rights of religious freedom. Many festivals have been allowed to be celebrated, but tajiya is not allowed to be taken out. Ramanand Pandey, Additional Chief Permanent Advocate of the state government, said that religious freedom can be banned in view of law and order, morality and public health. The government has banned all religious ceremonies in August. The court on Friday reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from both sides. On Saturday afternoon, the court, while delivering its verdict, dismissed the petitions against the mandate to ban religious programs.
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