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 …
The inaugural Haj flight this year from Kerala is set to take off from the Calicut international airport, Karipur, at 12.05 a.m. on May 21. Addressing a meeting of Haj officials at Karipur on May 14, Haj Committee chairman C. Mohammed Faizy said that Kerala would be sending the highest number of pilgrims for Haj this year under the government …
