New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Friday begged people to show restraints and avoid major churches considering the increasing number of Covid-19 cases because they took a record of the city disaster management agency decision to allow the opening of Christmas and New Year’s Religious places.
A bench led by Vipin Sanghi justice, who heard the petition challenges the ban on “suddenly” at a religious meeting in the national capital before Christmas, said that it was clear of the clarification issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on December 23 Religious Places Open to offer prayer and celebration subject to participants after the appropriate behavior of Covid.
The bench also consists of Justice Jasmeet Singh, observing that given DDMA’s decision, the applicant was satisfied and had no further complaints.
“Given the people mentioned above, it is clear that temples, mosques, churches, Gurudwaras etc.
are open to visitors / worshipers to offer prayer / service / celebrations in places such as strict compliance for places released from time to time Time and kemarah corresponding behavior Covid is wearing a mask, maintaining social distance, hand washing regularly and the use of sanitisers etc., “said the court.
“We appeal to people to avoid large churches considering the number of active Covid-19 cases and to show restraints,” Urge the court.
The Petitioner, a Christian senior citizen, who argues in the request that the ban on blankets at religious meetings crashes into the right rights of citizens to practice and claim to be His religion.
The petition states that Christmas is the only festival that is celebrated by Christians throughout the country and must be allowed to be celebrated in the national capital controlled by the Covid-19 protocol compliance.
Lawyer Sameer Vashisht, emerged to the Delhi government, said that the complaints of the Petitioner stood hidden by DDMA clarification.
In the midst of the increase in the Coronavirus case and the threat of ancicron variant that was alarming, DDMA had been on December 22 District judges directed at ensuring no Christmas and New Year meetings that occurred in the national capital.
On December 23, it has clarified that religious places will remain open on Christmas and New Year’s Eve for celebrations and prayers who are subject to strict compliance with Covid’s appropriate behavior.
“On this problem, it is to clarify that according to the order of DDMA no.
492 dated December 15, all religious places (temples, mosques, churches, gurdwaras, etc.) have been allowed to open visitors / worshipers to offer prayers / devotion / celebrations inside Places such as tight compliance from related soups “and Covid-19-right behavior compliance, DDMA has stated.
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