There should be no discrimination in removing religious

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that India is a secular country and there should be no discrimination in removing the religious structures of different religions.
The observation was made by Justice S C Sharma of the Indore bench yesterday while hearing a petition filed by Masjid Hanfi Anvarul Uloom Committee.
The Committee had approached the High Court seeking its direction to the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) that a place of worship should not be removed from Kanadiya Road in the city where road widening work was underway.
"Our country is a secular country and there should be no discrimination in removing places of worship coming in the way (of development).

"Thus such places, to which ever community they belong, should be removed simultaneously in a month's time," Justice Sharma said in his order.
The court also directed the police department to provide adequate security staff to the Indore civic body while removing such structures.

The Indore corporation has contended that widening of Kanadiya Road was the need of the hour as large number of accidents were taking place on this stretch which also witnessed heavy traffic congestion.
It informed the high court that the religious structures were coming in the way of road widening.
The counsel for the petitioner argued that religious place stood on the land belonging to Wakf and it cannot be removed for widening of the road.