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DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATHIBA M.SINGH
Mohd. Jafar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


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1. petition filed regarding barricades obstructing mosque access. (Para 2)
2. waqf board and police present differing accounts of barricade placement. (Para 3 , 4)
3. court observes discrepancies in accounts and evidence. (Para 5)
4. court issues directions to manage barricades and access for devotees. (Para 6)
5. court concludes with procedural directions and disposal of petition. (Para 7 , 8)

JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)--This hearing has been done by video conferencing.

2. The present petition has been filed by the Secretary of the Basant Nagar Mosque located on Rao Tula Ram Marg, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi. The case of the Petitioner is that the Mosque is more than 130 years old and is located within the limits of village Basant Nagar. The grievance in this petition is that in the month of November, 2019, barricades were placed in front of the Mosque's entrance and three constables were posted to perform picketing duty, which is causing inconvenience to the devotees, to access the gate of the Mosque. Accordingly, the prayer in the present petition is that the Delhi Police (hereinafter as `police') ought to remove the barricades from its present place and

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