The Gujarat High Court issued notices to the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Central and state Haj committees on a plea challenging the “exorbitantly high amount” of money being collected from pilgrims embarking on Haj from Ahmedabad this year.
The court issued notices returnable on June 2 to the respondents, the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Haj Committee of India and Gujarat State Haj Committee, on a petition filed by four pilgrims scheduled to embark on Haj from the city.
The petitioners informed the court that the respondents were collecting exorbitant and unexplained amounts of money from Haj pilgrims from Ahmedabad, not providing them the exchange currency of Saudi Arabia and giving them a break-up of amounts collected towards Haj 2023.