Would Muslims be allowed to have fun festivals on Hindu floor? asks Waqf Board

The Karnataka Waqf Board on Tuesday requested in Supreme Court if Muslims can be allowed to have fun their festivals on Hindu spiritual grounds, Instances Now reported.

The board made the assertion whereas the court docket was listening to its petition difficult the Karnataka Excessive Court docket order that allowed Ganeshotsav celebrations on Bengaluru’s Idgah maidan, Reside Legislation reported.

The bottom is locked in an possession tussle between the Karnataka Waqf Board and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the municipal physique in Bengaluru. In August, a number of Hindu teams had demanded permission to have fun Ganeshotsav on Idgah maidan, the place Muslims supply prayers.

“Since Ganesh Chaturthi is a non secular operate of one other spiritual committee, it could possibly’t be allowed to have fun within the Idgah-maidan,” the board mentioned. “Any cultural capabilities of nationwide significance are allowed. Would a Muslim neighborhood member be allowed to have fun in a Hindu spiritual floor ever?”

The state Waqf board had approached the Supreme Court towards the plans to permit Ganeshotsav celebrations on the bottom, The Indian Specific reported. Waqf counsel Kapil Sibal on August 29 sought an pressing listening to into the matter, informing a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Lalit that “pointless tensions might be created”, if it was not taken up instantly.

The land, Sibal mentioned, has been in use by Muslims for many years. Sibal additionally cited a 1964 Supreme Court docket order which acknowledged that the Bengaluru civic physique had no energy to control the Idgah maidan.

On Tuesday, Chief Justice of India UU Lalit fashioned a three-judge bench to listen to the petition difficult the Karnataka Excessive Court docket order that allowed Ganeshotsav celebrations on the bottom, Reside Legislation reported.

The Waqf Board argued that whereas it didn’t have issues with any cultural occasions on the bottom, they aren’t snug with spiritual ceremonies. Nevertheless, Solictor Normal Tushar Mehta mentioned that Ganeshotsav will happen on the Idgah maidan since Karnataka authorities has permitted it.