Bombay HC allows two Muslim outfits to hold Chehlum processions on Tuesday
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Bombay HC permitted two Muslim outfits to organize Chehlum processions while adhering to COVID-19 norms.
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted permission to two Muslim organisations to organise Chehlum mourning processions, one in the city and another in adjoining Thane district, on Tuesday, but with certain riders in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Madhav Jamdar permitted the petitioner organizations - the Haidry Jama Masjid Trust and All India Idaara-E-Tahafuz-E-Hussainiyat - to organize the processions while adhering to all applicable COVID-19 safety protocols.
The outfits had approached the court last week for permission to take out processions on the occasion of Chehlum that commemorates the 40th day of the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Husain.
The petitioners had approached the HC through advocates Shehzad Naqvi and senior counsel Rajam Shirodkar after the Maharashtra government denied them permission to hold two separate processions, one in Mumbai, and the other in the Thane district.
