Srinagar, Sept. 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court on Tuesday sought responses from the J&K Waqf Board and Union Territory administration on a petition filed by Kamal-ud-Din Farooqui seeking his reinstatement as the Imam of Kashmir's most revered shrine - Dargah Hazratbal- from where he was removed in 2024 following a conversion row.

Farooqui, 74, was disengaged by the Waqf Board from leading the prayers after his video presiding over a public conversion of a Hindu man from Haryana to Islam went viral, prompting an FIR for allegedly 'causing disorder in society and hurting religious sentiments of people'. The waqf board, led by BJP leader Darakshan Andrabi, alleged that due process was not followed and issued an order forming ...