{"id":19508,"date":"2012-04-16T14:10:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=19508"},"modified":"2012-04-16T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:40:44","slug":"supreme-court-wants-vip-quota-for-haj-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-wants-vip-quota-for-haj-to-go","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court wants VIP quota for Haj to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/supreme-court-wants-vip-quota-for-haj-to-go\/supreme-court-207\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19509\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-wants-vip-quota-for-haj-to-go\/supreme-court-207\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/supreme-court4.jpg?fit=259%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"supreme court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/supreme-court4.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/supreme-court4.jpg?fit=259%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19509\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/supreme-court4.jpg?resize=259%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/supreme-court4.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/supreme-court4.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday said that the VIP quota in Haj pilgrimage should not go on perpetually.<\/p>\n<p>An apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam said that the government has proposed a Haj quota of one plus nine for VIPs, but it should come down to one plus three and eventually should be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Alam said that Haj quota was started in 1967, as a goodwill gesture and could not be allowed to go on in perpetuity.<\/p>\n<p>The court said this in the course of a hearing of petitions by Haj tour operators. 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