“No Muharram procession this year across the country”, SC dismissed a PIL filed by Shia leader

The Supreme Court Thursday declined permission for completing Muharram procession across the country and asked Lucknow-based petitioner to maneuver before the Allahabad supreme court together with his plea.

The apex court said how can it pass a general order for the entire country.

A bench comprising judge S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said it might cause chaos and targeting of a specific community.

You are posing for a general order then if we allow this there’ll be chaos. Particular community are going to be targetted for spreading Covid. we do not want that. We as a court cannot risk the health of all the people, the bench, which heard the matter through video conferencing, said.
The bench allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition with the freedom to approach the supreme court with limited prayer of holding procession in Lucknow.

The apex court was hearing a PIL was filed by Shia leader Syed Kalbe Jawad.