Justice Rajeev Singh heard the matter through video-conferencing and said that “material available on record as well as totality of fact and circumstances, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the view that the applicants are entitled to be released on bail”.
The Allahabad High Court recently permitted the recital of azaan during the lockdown by a single person—muezzins from mosques in UP—without using loudspeakers. While the recital of the azaan is held to be an essential and integral part of Islam, doing so through loudspeakers and sound amplifying devices
The Allahabad High Court has sent a list of 29 names of advocates to the Supreme Court Collegium recommending that they be elevated as judges of the High Court.
A bench headed by the Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddharth Verma was hearing a petition filed by Shahid Ali, seeking a direction from the State Government to allow opening of Mosques and ‘Eidgah’ for an hour on the occasion of Eid to allow the Muslims to offer ‘EidNamaz’.