50 Can Offer Prayers At Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz 5 Times A Day During Ramzan: HC

Mumbai: Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed 50 people to offer prayers at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi five times a day during Ramzan, subject to guidelines issued by authorities concerned.

Noting that the overall COVID-19 situation in the country is grave, the bench said that the Delhi Disaster Management Authority has banned all religious ceremonies and gatherings, but it has not ordered the closure of the places of worship, considering the spurt in the number of infections.

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However, only 50 people would be allowed on the first floor of the building, the bench argued, rejecting the request of the Delhi Waqf Board, to allow three more of the Markaz building separate from the first floor and 50 people on the floor.

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Markaz includes the mosque bungalow Vali, the madrasa Kashif-ul-Uloom and an attached hostel.

Justice Pratibha M. Singh, while giving the order, directed the station house officer of Nizamuddin Police Station to allow the entry of 50 people.

The Markaz Building has been closed since March 2020, during the outbreak of the pandemic the Tablighi Jamaat called the superspreader. On 24 March this year, the Delhi High Court granted permission for the reopening of Markaz during the Shab-e-Baaraat.

Markaz was one of the first hotspots of Covid-19 in Delhi from where Police evacuated 2,458 people after a 36-hour drive on April 1, 2020.

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