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The Bench
said a particular community would be targeted for spreading COVID and they
didn’t want that
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New Delhi(Agencies): The
Supreme Court on Thursday declined permission for carrying out Muharram
procession across the country and asked the Lucknow-based petitioner to move
before the Allahabad High Court with his plea.
The Apex Court asked how could
it pass a general order for the whole country.
A bench comprising Chief
Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said it would
lead to chaos and targeting of a particular community.
“You are asking for a general
order and then if we allow this there will be chaos. A particular community
will be targeted for spreading COVID-19. We don’t want that. We, as a court,
cannot risk the health of all people,” the bench, which heard the matter
through video conferencing, said.
The bench allowed the
petitioner to withdraw the petition with the liberty to approach the high court
with limited prayer of holding procession in Lucknow.
The Apex Court was hearing a
PIL was filed by Shia leader Syed Kalbe Jawad. PTI
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