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The case in Uttarakhand High Court was about a panchayat, not about fatwa, and the high court passed its order without defining what a fatwa was.”The Jamiat also issued a press note which it defined a fatwa. The high court passed its order in one day without any argument, which is why the issue became important to us and we moved Supreme Court.”Faruqi said, “The petition was filed in Supreme Court on Tuesday. “It is passed by the fatwa department of the Darul Uloom Deoband, and not by panchayats. The Indian Constitution has given them the right to observe their religious beliefs.”Two days after Uttarakhand High Court had passed the controversial order on August 30, Deoband based Darul Uloom Islamic seminary had also asked the high court to reconsider its decision. Madani told TOI, “Earlier in a very beautiful way Supreme court had passed a verdict on fatwa in which it had been said that fatwa was not mandatory, but was an answer to a question by somebody..