Petition in HC to reopen places of worship
10/05/2020, LEGAL CORRESPONDENTCHENNAI
A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the State government to permit reopening of temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and other religious institutions that have remain closed ever since the nationwide lockdown was implemented on March 24 to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The case has been listed before a Bench of Justices Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana on Monday.
R.K. Jaleel, an activist from Chennai, had filed the case through his counsel M.L. Ravi.
He filed the case contending that there was no logic behind keeping religious institutions closed, when the government was desperate to open liquor shops.
Since the lockdown had been relaxed to a great extent now, with shops and other commercial institutions having been permitted to function, for extended hours with limited staff, the litigant claimed that religious institutions should also be allowed to be reopened.
The litigant further added that this should be the case especially because Muslims were now fasting during the holy month of Ramzan.
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