Krishna Janmabhoomi Case : Supreme Court Extends Stay On HC Order Appointing Commission To Inspect Shahi Idgah Mosque Till August 2024
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) posted to August 2024 a batch of petitions challenging the orders passed by the Allahabad High Court in relation to the Krishna Janambhoomi dispute.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing the special leave petitions filed by the management committee of the Shahi Eidgah Mosque, Mathura and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf...
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) posted to August 2024 a batch of petitions challenging the orders passed by the Allahabad High Court in relation to the Krishna Janambhoomi dispute.
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing the special leave petitions filed by the management committee of the Shahi Eidgah Mosque, Mathura and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board challenging a May 2023 order of the Allahabad High Court transferring to itself a clutch of suits over the land dispute. Also listed before the bench was another SLP filed by the mosque committee challenging the order passed by the Allahabad High Court in December 2023, allowing the appointment of a court commissioner to inspect the Shahi Idgah mosque.
On January 16, the Top Court had stayed the implementation of the Allahabad High Court order, which appointed the commission to inspect the mosque. Today, while directing the relisting of the matters in the week commencing on August 5, 2024, the Supreme Court stated that the interim order will continue to operate till the next date of hearing.
The Court also clarified it has not stayed the proceedings in the suits pending in the High Court.
Advocate Tasneem Ahmadi appeared for the mosque committee and Senior Advocate Shyam Divan appeared for the plaintiffs.
The controversy is related to Mughal emperor Aurangazeb-era Shahi Idgah mosque at Mathura, which is alleged to have been built after demolishing a temple at the birthplace of Lord Krishna.
Case Details
Committee of Management Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah v. Bhagwan Shrikrishna Virajman & Ors. | Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 14275 of 2023 and connected cases.