Mahashivratri 2026 will be celebrated on Sunday, February 15, 2026, just like that a news is coming out from Karnataka. The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 12) slapped the Hindus in the dargah complex on Thursday (February 12) with the Masaikh dargah management in Karnataka’s Aland Mahashivratri Refused to hear a petition seeking a direction to stop pooja and other Hindu rituals. The dargah management had filed a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, which allows parties aggrieved by violation of fundamental rights to appeal directly to the Supreme Court. The dargah management had claimed in the petition that efforts are being made to get strategic permission for puja every year to change the religious nature of the dargah. The management also sought the Supreme Court’s intervention to preserve the original religious nature of the dargah.

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Also Justice Dipankar Dutta and S.C. Sharma’s bench said that such cases should be challenged in the High Court first. Earlier, Chief Justice Suryakant had also said that it is not appropriate to bring every case directly to the Supreme Court under Article 32, as it sends a message that the High Courts are ineffective. When the matter came up before Chief Justice Suryakant and Justice Jayamalya Bagchi yesterday, the bench also questioned why an Article 32 petition was filed instead of going to the High Court first.

What is the controversy?

The dispute concerns a dargah believed to belong to the 14th century Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Alauddin Ansari (Ladley Mashaikh) and the 15th century Hindu saint Raghava Chaitanya. The dargah complex also has a structure known as the Raghava Chaitanya Shivlinga. Historically, both Hindu and Muslim communities have worshiped at the site, although tensions arose in 2022 over the right to worship.

Last year the High Court allowed the worship

Karnataka in 2025 High Court 15 Hindu devotees were allowed to worship on Mahashivratri, which was held amid tight security. Earlier, a limited number of pujas were performed as per court orders. The dargah management said that attempts were being made to change the character of the religious place by repeatedly issuing interim orders, which could violate the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. According to this Act, it is considered necessary to maintain the status of a religious place as it existed on August 15, 1947. Following the Supreme Court’s stand, further legal action in the case is expected to take place in the High Court. The case is considered important in terms of balancing religious rights, historical claims and the law.

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