NEW DELHI, Nov 17: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea raising a grievance over not permitting the civilians to offer prayers in a mosque located inside the military quarters in Chennai, saying there may be security issues. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order while hearing a plea challenging an April 2025 order of a division bench of the Madras High Court, which had dismissed an appeal against its single judge order. The high court’s division bench had noted that it cannot interfere with an administrative decision taken by the military authorities for not allowing outsiders to enter the Army premises for worship or otherwise. The counsel appearing for the petitioner told the apex court that entry for outsiders at the ‘Masjid-E-Aalishaan’ was

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