SC refuses to hear plea against Prime Minister offering of chadar at Ajmer Sharif Dargah

The Supreme Court connected Monday (January 5, 2026) refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to restrain Prime Minister Narendra Modi from offering a ceremonial ‘chadar’ astatine the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, saying the contented is not justiciable.

A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi declined the plea, which besides challenged the hold of state-sponsored ceremonial honour and symbolic designation to Islamic student Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and to the Ajmer Dargah by the Union authorities and its instrumentalities.

Advocate Barun Sinha, appearing for petitioner Jitender Singh and others, submitted that the signifier of the premier curate offering a ‘chadar’ astatine the Ajmer Dargah of Moinuddin Chishti, initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru successful 1947, has continued since without immoderate ineligible oregon law basis.

Mr. Sinha said a civilian suit was pending successful the proceedings tribunal connected the assertion that the dargah was built implicit the ruins of a Shiva temple. The apical tribunal clarified that the dismissal of the writ petition would impact the pending civilian suit.

“You spell and question due alleviation successful the civilian suit,” CJI Kant said.

The petitioners Jitender Singh and Vishnu Gupta, members of a Hindu outfit, said they are aggrieved by the “continued signifier of state-sponsored ceremonial honour, authoritative patronage and symbolic designation extended to Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti by assorted instrumentalities” of the Union government.