Plea before Supreme Court against PM Narendra Modi's chadar offering at Ajmer Sharif Dargah

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court 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.

According to media reports, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju is to offer the chadar on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A mentioning for urgent listing of a petition was made before a vacation bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.

"We are seeking stay a stay of offering of Chadar in Ajmer Dargah by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our plea regarding Sankat Mochan Mandir there is pending," a counsel submitted.

However, CJI Kant declined the request.

"No listing today," the 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.

This is a developing story.