The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea regards the Agra authority’s order debarring non-residents of the city from offering Friday prayers at a mosque in the Taj Mahal complex.
The top court said the Taj is one of the seven wonders of the world and must be preserved. It added there is no need to perform prayers at the Taj Mahal.
The petition has challenged the January 24, 2018 order passed by the ADM (City) Agra which ordered ‘non-residents of Agra, would not allow entering the mosque situated at the Taj Mahal for offering customary prayers on Fridays on grounds of security.
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Petitioner Syed Ibrahim Hussain Zaidi, president of Taj Mahal Masjid Management Committee, Agra, told the bench that several tourists visit Agra throughout the year and the order of ADM (Additional District Magistrate) (City), Agra, of course, obstruct the flow of tourists; by the new order that debarring them from offering their prayers at the mosque inside the Taj Mahal.
“Why for such prayers they should go to the Taj Mahal,” the bench said, adding “There are other mosques also. They can offer their prayers there.”
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