{"id":35760,"date":"2014-11-08T22:11:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T16:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35760"},"modified":"2014-11-08T22:11:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T16:41:14","slug":"petition-high-court-seeking-removal-bukhari-imam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/petition-high-court-seeking-removal-bukhari-imam","title":{"rendered":"Petition in High Court seeking removal of Bukhari as Imam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Allahabad High Court has given three weeks time to a petitioner to file the history of New Delhi&#8217;s Jama Masjid after he sought a direction for quashing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bukhari.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35761\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/petition-high-court-seeking-removal-bukhari-imam\/bukhari\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/bukhari.jpg?fit=291%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"291,173\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bukhari\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/bukhari.jpg?fit=291%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35761\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bukhari.jpg?resize=291%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bukhari\" width=\"291\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/bukhari.jpg?w=291&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/bukhari.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a> of the mosque.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id960\">The Lucknow bench comprising Justices V K Shukla and Aditya Nath Mittal gave the direction on a petition filed by lawyer Ashok Pandey on November 5, and set November 27 as the next date of hearing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id961\">The lawyer alleged in his petition that the appointment of Imam of Jama Masjid is being done on hereditary pattern, which is illegal in a democratic country.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id962\">&#8220;This court is of firm opinion that much more relevant material is required in respect of history of Jama Masjid, New Delhi, and whether the mosque&#8217;s incumbents, who have been holding the charge, have been subjected to any dispute or not in the past,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id963\">On the petitioner&#8217;s request, the court gave three weeks time to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Allahabad High Court has given three weeks time to a petitioner to file the history of New Delhi&#8217;s Jama Masjid after he sought a direction for quashing the\u00a0 of the mosque. 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