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M. Siddiq (d) Thr. Lrs. v. Mahant Suresh Das and Others Etc.

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Bench Dipak Misra, Ashok Bhushan and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 27 September 2018

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we do not agree with the submission of Shri Raju Ramachandran that these appeals be referred to Constitution Bench of Five Judges to reconsider the Constitution Bench judgment in Ismail Faruqui’s case.

Judgment, page 71

From the headnote

Reference to Larger Bench : Whether Dr. M. Ismail Faruqui and Ors. v. Union of India reported in [1994] 5 Suppl. SCR 1 needs reconsideration – In Para 82 of Ismail Faruqui case, the Constitutional Bench observed “ mosque is not an essential part of the practice of the religion of Islam and namaz (prayer) by Muslims can be offered anywhere, even in open.” – Held: Majority opinion (Per Ashok Bhushan, J. [for himself and Dipak Misra, CJI.]), the statement that a mosque is not an essential part of the practice of religion of Islam was in context of issue as to whether the mosque, which was…

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