Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1231 · Decided 27 September 2018
M. Siddiq (D) THR. LRS. v. Mahant Suresh Das and Others ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1231 · [2018] 11 S.C.R. 175
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10866/2010
- Decided
- 27 September 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, ASHOK BHUSHAN, S. ABDUL NAZEER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 25, 26
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 "A mosque is not an essential part of the practice of 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
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