India, Sept. 30 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has agreed to hear a plea challenging an order that refused to allow religious activities, including Urs, at the dargah of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Ghaus in Gwalior.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) declared the dargah as a protected monument in 1962.

The plea challenging a June order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior came up for hearing before a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan, which issued notice to the Centre and others seeking their responses in the matter.

"Issue notice to the respondents on the special leave petition as well as on the interim prayer also," the bench said in its September 19 order.

The petitioner has challenged an order of a division bench of...