Bombay High Court Asks Haj Committee To Announce Fares Before Pilgrims Choose Embarkation Point
1 year, 4 months ago

Bombay High Court Asks Haj Committee To Announce Fares Before Pilgrims Choose Embarkation Point

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The Bombay High Court asked that the Haj Committee of India to implement its guidelines and announce the fares in advance to enable the pilgrims to choose the nearest economical embarkation point, in a batch of writ petitions filed by 180 Haj pilgrims concerning fares for Aurangabad EP for the Haj Pilgrimage, 2023. Had these rates been announced prior to the locking of choice of EP, the pilgrims could have chosen Mumbai instead of Aurangabad and could have saved around Rs.88000/- per pilgrim”, the court observed. The court however, refused to order refund to Haj pilgrims who chose Aurangabad as their EP and couldn’t change it after rates were announced holding that it did not have the expertise to decide whether the fare for Aurangabad EP was “exorbitantly high”. The court noted that the guidelines for the Haj Pilgrimage-2023 allowed pilgrims to opt for two EPs in order of priority, "preferably the nearest economical EP", which was not extended to the petitioners.

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Gauhati High Court Directs Haj Committee To Decide Issue Of Excess Fare Charged From Pilgrims Within 90 Days
2 weeks ago

Gauhati High Court Directs Haj Committee To Decide Issue Of Excess Fare Charged From Pilgrims Within 90 Days

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Central Haj Committee of India to dispose of the representations regarding excess airfare charged from Haj pilgrims of Assam, strictly in the light of the provisions contain in Section 42 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002, within 90 days. The single bench comprising Justice Soumitra Saikia was hearing a writ petition filed by …

Haj pilgrims paid for chartered flight, made to board normal plane
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Haj pilgrims paid for chartered flight, made to board normal plane

New Indian Express  

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No application fees for Haj pilgrims this year
1 year, 10 months ago

No application fees for Haj pilgrims this year

The Hindu  

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Madras High Court Leaves It To Haj Committtee To Decide On Including Chennai As Pilgrim Embarkation Point
2 years, 8 months ago

Madras High Court Leaves It To Haj Committtee To Decide On Including Chennai As Pilgrim Embarkation Point

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The Madras High Court has disposed of a writ petition filed by the Popular Front of India challenging the guidelines framed by the Haj Committee for the year 2022 regarding embarkation points and to include Chennai Airport as one of the embarkation points for the Haj pilgrims. A bench comprising Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy …

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