The Delhi High Court refused to change its order in the case of installing the statue of Maharani Laxmibai at Shahi Idgah Park. Along with this, the Delhi High Court dismissed the petition of the Idgah Management Committee and said that the order of 7 October 2024 does not need any clarification.
The High Court told the lawyer of the royal Idgah Management Committee that our order does not require any clarification. You are asking us to explain your order.
A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the appropriate legal measures should be adopted to challenge the DDA notice. Earlier, the High Court had rejected the plea of the royal Idgah committee against the statue.
Shahi Idgah Park Committee sought clarification on order
A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the orders of the court should be understood in the same context in which they were passed and no clarification is required in the order of October 7, 2024.
The committee sought clarification on the order of the single judge of the High Court, whose comments said that she was temporary and limited only aimed at resolving the disputed issue and would not be equal to the transfer of Waqf property to the Delhi Development Authority contrary to the provisions of the Waqf Act.
It was reported that the statue has already been installed by the MCD and the installation of the statue has not violated the rights of those who offer prayers at that place.
No right to oppose the statue
On Friday, the bench said that if the applicant challenges the notice of DDA, then all its grounds will be available under the law.BeforeThe single judge dismissed the petition of the committee in which it demanded the municipal authorities not to encroach on the royal Idgah. The committee claimed that it is the property of Waqf.
The committee cited a gazette notification published in 1970, stating that the royal Idgah park is an ancient property made during the Mughal period, which is being used to offer Namaz. It was argued that 50,000 Namaji can sit in such a big property at a time.
The single judge said that the committee has no legal or fundamental right to the DDA to oppose the maintenance and maintenance of parks or open ground around the royal Idgah or opposing the installation of the statue by MCD.