A Special Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant refused an oral mentioning to hear on Monday (December 22, 2025) an urgent plea to stop the Prime Minister’s Office from offering a ceremonial chadar at the dargah of the Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishtu in Ajmer during the Urs commemorating the saint’s death anniversary.
The lawyer making the mentioning in court said the offer of the ceremonial cloth on behalf of the Prime Minister would send a wrong message as a suit filed by Vishnu Gupta, president of the Hindu Sena, seeking a declaration that the Ajmer dargah was built over an ancient and pre-existing Shiva temple, the ‘Bhagwan Shri Sankatmochan Mahadev Virajman Temple’, was pending in a Rajasthan court.
“We pray for a listing today itself. This is regarding the offer of chadar by the Honourable Prime Minister at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah today. We are seeking a stay of that offer by the Office of the Prime Minister. There is a suit pending in an Ajmer court,” the lawyer submitted.
'Chadar' offered at Ajmer Sharif Dargah on behalf of Rajnath Singh
He said the issue concerned lakhs of devotees. He further submitted that the offer of chadar would “prejudice the rights of the plaintiff in the suit”.
