New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the interim order for the reopening of five floors of Bangle Wali Masjid at Nizamuddin Markaz premises till October 14.
New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The Delhi Police on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that it will give permission for the reopening of Nizamuddin Markaz to enable devotees to offer prayers during Ramzan after it remained shut since March 2020 when a Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held amid the COVID-19 pandemicThe Delhi Police lawyer said this before Justice Jasmeet Singh who will hear on April 1 the application by Delhi Waqf Board seeking to open the mosque during Shab-e-Barat and RamzanThe application was filed in the Boards 2021 petition which sought the reopening of the premises on the ground that even after unlock-1 guidelines permitted religious places outside containment zones to be opened the Markaz -- comprising the Masjid Bangle Wali Madarsa Kashif-ul-Uloom and attached hostel -- continues to be locked upOn March 16 the high court had allowed the reopening of three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz for Shab-e-Barat subject to various conditionsThe high court had earlier asked the petitioner represented through advocate Waqeeh Shafiq to file an application before the SHO of Hazrat Nizamuddin Police Station seeking permission to open the other three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz to enable devotees to offer prayers during the two occasionsIn a letter addressed to the petitioner the Delhi Police said that opening of the mosque would be permitted on the same terms and conditions which were laid down by the high court while permitting offering of prayers there for the occasion of Shab-e-BaratIn the communication the police also asked the Board to re-install missing CCTV cameras at the entrance of the premises and put up a notice board specifying the conditions for the entrance of foreign devoteesIt had removed the restriction of 100-person limit on one floor and said it has been agreed that the management of the mosque will ensure that COVID-19 protocols and social distancing will be followed while allowing devotees to enter the mosque to offer namazThe senior lawyers for the petitioner and the managing committee of the mosque had then highlighted that Delhi Police remained silent on the arrangement to made during Ramzan The Delhi Police lawyer had stated that the modalities for Ramzan would be worked out after Shab-e-baratThe central government in its affidavit opposed full re-opening of the Nizamuddin Markaz and stated that only a few people may be allowed to offer prayers on certain religious occasionsThe counsel for the Delhi Waqf Board argued that the mosque which is under the lock of Delhi Police should be opened as the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA has now lifted all restrictions that were imposed on account of the pandemicSeveral FIRs were registered under the Epidemic Diseases Act the Disaster Management Act the Foreigners Act and various provisions of the penal code in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat event held at the Nizamuddin Markaz and the subsequent stay of foreigners there during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 PTI ADS ZMN
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed reopening of four floors, including ground floor as well as three other floors, of the Masjid premises in Nizamuddin Markaz for offering of prayers on the festival of Shab e-Barat.
New Delhi Feb 22 PTI The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the police to file a status report on a plea by the Waqf Board to re-open the Nizamuddin Markaz where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in March 2020 amid COVID19 pandemic and has remained shut since then as Shab-e-Barat and Ramzan are approaching in March and AprilJustice Mukta Gupta was informed by the central government counsel that a joint inspection of the markaz has already been conducted by the police and Delhi Waqf Board to ascertain its structural components and examine the issue of its re-openingThe court listed the matter for further hearing on March 4The Waqf Board said in its application that the next date of hearing in the matter was April 21 however the festival of Shab-e-Barat is approaching in the middle of March and the holy month of Ramzan is also beginning from April 2 depending upon the lunar sightingThe mosque commonly known as Masjid Bangle Wali comprising four floors along with place of ablution would be required by the worshippers in view of the importance of the prayers during Shab-e-barat as well as during the holy month of Ramzan senior advocate Sanjoy Ghose representing the Waqf Board saidThe Waqf Boards application filed through advocate Waqeeh Shafiq said that last year during these two occasions the high court had permitted prayers in the mosque part and parcel of the waqf property under referenceIt said the current strain of COVID-19 Omicron was not as severe and fatal as the Delta variant and as the conditions have improved physical hearings of all courts have resumed schools clubs bars and markets have also reopened therefore there is no impediment to direct the reopening of this waqf propertyCentral government counsel Rajat Nair submitted that as far as opening of the markaz is concerned it will be done in terms of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA order and added that he would file a status report in this regardThe high court on November 16 last year had directed a joint inspection of the markaz by the police and Waqf BoardThe court which was hearing the Waqf Boards plea to re-open the markaz which has remained shut since March 31 2020 had said that each party can nominate five persons to conduct the inspection and sought a report on it within 15 daysThe November order was passed after the petitioners counsel had stated that under the latest DDMA guidelines all religious places were opened for visitors by thenThe court had observed that the property in question comprised three areas place of worship place of congregation and residential area and therefore there could be no sweeping order with respect to the entire compoundThe central governments counsel said that the entire property has to be earmarked and the DDMA order would apply to each zone accordinglyThe board in its plea has contended that even after unlock-1 guidelines permitted religious places outside containment zones to be opened the Markaz -- comprising the Masjid Bangle Wali Madarsa Kashif-ul-uloom and attached hostel -- continues to be locked upIt has further contended that even if the premises was part of any criminal investigation or trial keeping it under lock as an out of bound area was a primitive method of enquiry processSeveral FIRs were registered under the Epidemic Diseases Act the Disaster Management Act Foreigners Act and various provisions of the penal code in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat event held at the markaz and the subsequent stay of foreigners there during the COVID-19 lockdown last yearEarlier the court had questioned the Centre as to how long it intended to keep the Nizamuddin Markaz locked saying it cant be kept foreverIn its affidavit affirmed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime the Centre had told the court that it was necessary and incumbent to preserve the markaz property as the investigation in the case registered for violation of the COVID-19 protocols has cross borders implications and involves nations diplomatic relationship with other countries On April 15 2021 the court had allowed 50 people to offer namaz five times a day at Nizamuddin Markaz during Ramzan saying there is no direction in the DDMA notification to close down places of worship PTI SKV SA
The Centre on Monday told Delhi High Court that the case registered in relation to the alleged violation of Covid-19 protocols at Nizamuddin Markaz is serious and has “cross borders implications”. The Centre contended that it is necessary to keep the markaz locked, where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in March last year amid […]
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Centre has told the Delhi High Court that Delhi Waqf Board does not have any locus on its petition seeking to reopen the Nizamuddin Markaz where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was taken place in March last year and said it is necessary that the case property shall remain preserved as it has trans-border implication and diplomatic consideration.
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