The Telangana High court on Tuesday allowed Akhbari Shia sect women to conduct Majlis, Jashan and other religious prayers in the Shia Wakf Institute, Ibadat Khana, Darulshifa, Hyderabad.
Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka dealt with a writ plea filed by Anjuman-e-Alavi, Shia Imamia Ithna Ashari Akhbari, a registered society challenging the action of Telangana State Wakf Board and Muttawali committee of Ibbadat Khana Hussaini in not permitting women to the Ibbadat Khana situated at Darulshifa.
Earlier, the court had granted interim relief by permitting the women members of Akhbari Sect of Shia Muslims for conducting Majlis, Jashans and other religious prayers in the Ibadat Khana. Senior Counsel P. Venugopal appeared on behalf of petitioners and submitted that Shia Muslim women were entitled to perform the religious prayers. Conducting of prayers was a fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution of India, he said.