Prayers at any spot not religious right: HC; says no to namaz near Mumbai airport citing security

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The tribunal was proceeding a petition filed by the Taxi-Rickshaw Ola-Uber Men’s Union claiming that a impermanent shed successful the vicinity of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, wherever they utilized to connection prayers, was demolished by authorities past year. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

Security overrides religion, the Bombay High Court said connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) portion refusing immoderate alleviation to taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers seeking to connection namaz astatine the tract of a present demolished impermanent shed adjacent the metropolis airdrome during Ramzan.

A Bench of Justices B.P. Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla noted that portion Ramzan was an integral portion of Islam, its adherents cannot assertion to person a spiritual close to connection namaz (prayers) astatine immoderate spot during the beatified month, particularly successful the vicinity of an airdrome wherever information concerns are high.

Repeatedly stressing connected the facet of airdrome security, the HC said it volition not propulsion caution to the wind.

Published - March 05, 2026 05:52 p.m. IST

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