Mosque dispute: Uttarakhand HC asks authorities to make sure peace

The Uttarakhand Excessive Court docket on Thursday directed the Uttarkashi district administration to take care of regulation and order within the city whereas maintaining it knowledgeable of the state of affairs after a dispute over an area mosque got here to mild.

A division bench comprising performing chief justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and justice Vivek Bharti issued the instructions to the Uttarkashi district Justice of the Peace and the superintendent of police whereas listening to a petition on Tuesday, 27 November demanding security of the mosque on Bhatwari Street in Uttarkashi.

The mosque, constructed many years in the past, is run by the Sunni group. The petitioner stated a maha (grand) panchayat protesting towards the mosque was being proposed on 1 December, and sought the court docket’s intervention to disallow it.

Showing on behalf of the state authorities, deputy advocate-general J.S. Virk submitted that the administration had not granted permission for the maha panchayat. Day and evening patrolling was being carried out to take care of regulation and order and the state of affairs within the city was regular, he claimed.

The petition, filed by an organisation referred to as Alpasankhyak Seva Samiti of Uttarkashi, alleged that since 24 September, some organisations had been threatening to demolish the mosque, claiming it was unlawful. Communal stress was brewing within the city because of this, the petition stated, searching for safety for the mosque.