Right to practice religion not linked to particular place: HC

The right to practice religion has no connection with any particular place, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed while dismissing a plea seeking the reconstruction of a nearly 200-year-old mosque in Ujjain.

- Our Staff Reporter

The mosque was demolished after land acquisition for the expansion of the Mahakal Lok complex of the Mahakaleshwar Temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva.

The Indore bench of Justices Vivek Rusia and Binod Kumar Dwivedi on October 7 rejected a plea filed by Ujjain resident Mohammad Tayyab and 12 others who challenged the court's September 4 order scrapping their application seeking reconstruction of Takiya Masjid and an inquiry against the administration.

The petitioners stated that they would offer namaz at the mosque, which was established around 200 years ago and declared a Waqf property by publication in the Official Gazette Notification dated December 13, 1985.