Plea Challenging PM Modi’s Chadar Offering at Ajmer Sharif, Supreme Court Says ‘No Listing Today’

The mentioning was made before a vacation Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.

The Counsel appearing for the petitioner urged the Court to stay the offering of the chadar, submitting that a related plea concerning the Sankat Mochan Mandir at Ajmer was already pending.

“We are seeking stay of offering of chadar in Ajmer Dargah by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our plea regarding Sankat Mochan Mandir there is pending,” the counsel submitted during the mentioning.

However, the CJI was not inclined to entertain the request. “No listing today,” Chief Justice Kant said, declining urgent consideration of the plea.

According to media reports, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju is scheduled to offer the chadar at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on behalf of Prime Minister Modi as part of the annual Urs. The ceremonial offering of chadar by the Prime Minister has been a long-standing tradition followed by successive Prime Ministers over the years.

The plea mentioned before the Supreme Court is not the first legal challenge connected to the Ajmer Sharif Dargah.

Earlier this year, in January a similar application was moved before a court in Ajmer by Vishnu Gupta, then President of Hindu Sena. That application formed part of an ongoing civil suit alleging that the Ajmer Sharif Dargah was constructed on the site of a demolished Shiva temple.

In the Ajmer court proceedings, Gupta had contended that the Central government’s act of sending a chadar to what he described as a “disputed structure” amounted to interference with the judicial process. He had argued that such ceremonial acts undermined judicial independence and the right to a fair trial, particularly when a dispute concerning the site was pending adjudication before the trial court.

Previously, in September 2024, Vishnu Gupta, the President of Hindu Sena jad moved a civil suit, before a Ajmer District Court, alleging that the Ajmer Dargah in Rajasthan was built over a Shiva temple. The present case had stemmed from a plea filed on September 24, which seeks to officially declare the site in question as 'Bhagwan Shri Sankatmochan Mahadev Virajman Temple.'

The plea, filed by Advocate Shashi Ranjan Singh on behalf of Hindu Sena, stated that historical records and extensive research provide no concrete evidence as to whether the Ajmer Dargah was built on vacant land. Instead, the claims suggested that a Mahadeva temple once stood at the site in question, where the Hindu devotees worshipped their deities before the construction of the Ajmer Dargah. As per the plea, there are allegations that the Muslim invaders destroyed the ancient Shiva Temple and subsequently built the Ajmer Dargah over it.

According to the plea, 'Books' and 'Evidence' also claim that the roof design of the main entrance gate of the Ajmer Shrine resembles a traditional Hindu structure.

Mentioning Date: December 22, 2025

Bench: CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi