TOP COURT ORDER ON IMAMS’ PAY A VIOLATION, SAYS CIC

NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission on Friday said the Supreme Court’s 1993 order to pay remuneration to imams of mosques was in “violation of the Constitution”, adding that the order set a “wrong precedent”. Information commissioner Uday Mahurkar said the order violated the constitutional provision that taxpayers’ money will not be used for promotion and maintenance of a particular religion.