The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to restrain Prime Minister Narendra Modi from offering ceremonial chadar at the tomb of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisti during the 814th annual Urs at Ajmer Sharif Dargah..A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that the issue was not one which can be decided by court. The Bench also said that the issue has become infructuous since the chadar offering had already been made."This is infructuous now. This is not a justiciable issue. No issue raised is justiciable. Writ petition is dismissed," the Court stated.However, the Court clarified that the order will not have any bearing on the civil suit pending before Ajmer court concerning the Dargah."Suit is pending, pursue it. This order shall have no bearing on the pending civil suit," the top court said..Offering of chadar at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a tradition which has been followed by past Prime Ministers as well. .A similar plea had been filed before an Ajmer court earlier this year. That application was filed by then Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta and was part of an ongoing suit before the Ajmer court alleging that the Ajmer Sharif Dargah was constructed on the site of a demolished Shiva temple.Gupta had argued that the Central government by sending a chadar to a "disputed structure" was undermining judicial independence and right to fair trial, when a case related to it is pending before the trial court..[Read Live Coverage].Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.
