Srinagar, Sept. 18 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has issued notices to authorities on a plea by the ousted imam of Hazratbal shrine, who was removed in 2024 after presiding over an alleged forced conversion of a Hindu man.
The Court also directed the respondents to consider, in accordance with rules, a representation submitted by the ousted Imam, Dr Kamal-ud-Din Farooqui, in June 2024, against his removal.
The direction was passed by High Court on September 15 in a petition filed by Farooqui, challenging his continued exclusion from his duties at the Hazratbal shrine.
The petition, challenges an April 8, 2024 order of the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board relieving him from the post of Imam-o-Khateeb pending an...