The Supreme Court on Thursday has refused to give permission for carrying out Muharram procession amid fear of Covid-19 spread. As per SC, a common direction would lead to chaos and a particular community might get accused of spreading the infection to one another.
SC bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian suggested Syed Kalbe Jawad, leader of Lucknow based Shia community to move the Allahabad High Court seeking permission to hold a limited prayer for procession in Lucknow.
“You are asking for general order and then if we allow this there will be chaos. A particular community will be targeted for spreading COVID. We don’t want that. We as a court cannot risk the health of all the people,” said the bench, which heard the matter through video conferencing.
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Muharram is observed by Shia Muslims to pay obeisance to Imam Hussain, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala. This year Muharram will be celebrated on August 29.