Overview
- A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi dismissed the petition, holding the reliefs sought were not justiciable under Article 32.
- The court noted the case had become infructuous because a ceremonial chadar was offered on December 22 by Union minister Kiren Rijiju on behalf of the prime minister.
- The order clarified it will have no bearing on a pending civil suit in Ajmer that contests the site’s history and alleged temple occupation.
- Petitioners Jitender Singh and Vishnu Gupta, leaders of Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh and Hindu Sena, challenged state-sponsored honours extended to Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and the Ajmer Dargah.
- The plea argued the chadar tradition dates to Jawaharlal Nehru in 1947 and lacks legal basis, but the bench directed the petitioners to pursue remedies in the civil forum.