SC junks plea seeking permission for Urs on demolished dargah land in Gir Somnath

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow the Muslim festival of Urs to be conducted at the site of a demolished dargah in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district after being convinced that the dargah stood on government land and was demolished as part of an extensive drive by the state against encroachment, which also included Hindu temples.

A bench headed by justice Bhushan R Gavai dismissed the application moved by Haji Mangroli Shah dargah, which claimed that though the dargah had been demolished, ancestors of the local Muslim population were buried in the land and rituals needed to be performed for them.