Care: The Allahabad High Court will pronounce its verdict on Monday in a civil amendment petition in the ongoing dispute between Jama Masjid and Harihar Temple in Sambhal district.
The Sambhal Masjid Management Committee has filed a civil amendment petition, demanding a stay on the proceedings of the trial court in the original case pending before the district court in Sambhal.
Advocate Gopal Sharma, a lawyer of the Hindu side, told ANI that the decision would pronounce whether the Civil Judge Senior Division Care had the right to order a survey.
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“On 19 November 2024, we filed a petition. The court ordered a survey. The survey was conducted in two parts. Jama Masjid’s party went to the Supreme Court against the survey … The Supreme Court asked him to go to the High Court,” Sharma said.
He said, “This order will come on two things: One is whether the Civil Judge Senior Division Care had the right to order a survey.
Earlier, the Supreme Court on April 29 gave the management committee two weeks, Shahi Jama Masjid, Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh officials to file their response to a status report, stating that the disputed well is located outside the Masjid.
In November 2024, the apex court stayed the trial court proceedings in the case, until the petition filed by the Masjid Committee against the survey order is not listed in the Allahabad High Court, then directed not to hear the case.
The tension in Sambhal was reduced by the local court on 19 November after order of a mosque survey. The Jama Masjid clashed with the police protesting against the survey of the people of the people, resulting in four persons.
The survey followed a petition filed by some individuals in the local court, claiming that the mosque’s site was first a Harihar temple, dedicated to Kalki to Lord Vishnu’s last incarnation, and was built after demolishing the temple in 1526. (AI)
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