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Krishna Janmabhoomi case: SC issues notice on mosque committee plea against clubbing suits

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: SC issues notice on mosque committee plea against clubbing suits

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The Supreme Court issued notices on a plea of the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Friday (April 4, 2025) issued notices on a plea of the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court consolidating all suits of the Hindu side in relation to the Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute. The High Court on October 23, last year, rejected an application of the Committee of Management, Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah seeking the recall of its January 11 order which consolidated all suits of the Hindu side in the case. The mosque committee had moved the High Court after the top court on March 19, last year, asked it to first seek the recall of the order consolidating the lawsuits there. On Friday, a Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan noted the submissions of the mosque committee’s counsel and advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing some Hindu litigants, and issued the notices. The Bench said the notices would be served …

Supreme Court To Hear Mosque Committee’s Petition In Mathura Land Dispute Case On September 17

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition by the Shahi Idgah Masjid challenging last month’s Allahabad High Court verdict, which allowed 15 suits filed by Hindu petitioners claiming the mosque, in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, is built on 13.37 acres of land that was Lord Krishna’s birthplace. The petitioners had sought removal of the mosque. The top court will hear the Muslim side’s petition on Tuesday. On August 1 Justice Mayank Kumar, in what was seen as a landmark ruling with implications for other similar pending suits, allowed all 15 suits by the Hindu petitioners to stand. That order came after the court re-opened hearings on the case because the Shahi Idgah counsel moved an application requesting he be heard and prayed for video recordings. READ | Big Setback For Mosque Committee In Mathura Land Dispute Case The Shahi Idgah Intezamia Committee had challenged maintainability of the petitions, including one filed by Bhagwan Shrikrishna Virajman at the Katra Keshav Dev temple. The Hindu side claims the land is the birthplace of the Lord Krishna. …

What is the Krishna Janmabhoomi Case & How Did the Dispute Over Shahi Idgah Mosque Originate?

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Shahi Idgah mosque and Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple, in Mathura. (Credits: PTI) Hindu parties to the litigation claim that the Shahi Idgah mosque in Mathura was built after demolishing a temple at the birthplace of the Lord Krishna The Supreme Court last week refused to stay the Allahabad High Court’s decision allowing a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura. The mosque, built in the 17th century during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, was believed to have been built at Krishna Janmasthan, the site where Lord Krishna was born. The land of the Shahi Idgah Masjid has been part of several litigations filed before the Mathura court and waiting to be heard in the Allahabad High Court. Earlier this month, the Allahabad High Court allowed an application for the inspection of the Shahi Idgah mosque complex. The case stems from a suit in the court of Civil Judge Senior Division (III) by Bal Krishna through Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta and others for shifting of the Shahi …

Allahabad High Court allows survey of Mathura mosque

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A View of the Shahi Idgah mosque in Mathura. File | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV The Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah premises adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura. The court agreed to the appointment of an advocate commissioner to oversee the survey of the mosque, which the petitioners claim holds signs suggesting that it was a Hindu temple once. The court said the modalities of the survey will be discussed at the next hearing on December 18. The order on the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah issue is the second temple-mosque dispute in which the High Court has given its nod to a survey over the past months. The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) recently completed a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque next to Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath temple, but has sought more time from a local court to submit its report. According to advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, the application submitted to the High Court said a lotus-shaped pillar characteristic of Hindu temples exists on the mosque premises, and …

Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah : HC to hear plea for survey of mosque on Dec 18 | Latest News India

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The Allahabad high court on Thursday said it will hear the application seeking appointment of a court-monitored advocate commissioner to survey the Shahi Eidgah premises, adjoining the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura first and then it will decide maintainability issue later. A view of Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi temple and Shahi Idgah mosque, in Mathura.(PTI file) The high court will hear the application on appointment of advocate commission on December 18. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on Facebook. Join Now “Allahabad HC has allowed our application where we had demanded survey of (Shahi Idgah Masjid) by advocate commissioner. The modalities will be decided on Dec 18. The court has rejected the arguments of Shahi Idgah Masjid,” Vishnu Shankar Jain, the advocate of the Hindu petitioners, told ANI. “My demand was that in Shahi Idgah Masjid there are a lot of signs & symbols of the Hindu temple, and to know the actual position, an advocate commissioner is required. It’s a landmark judgement by the court,” he added. On November 16, the high …

Mathura Court Orders Survey Of Shahi Idgah Mosque From January 2

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Mathura: A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura today ordered the survey of the Shahi Idgah Mosque, said to be built on the “Krishna Janmabhoomi” or the birthplace of Lord Krishna, by the Archaeological Survey of India from January 2. The report will be submitted after January 20. The court passed the order on a lawsuit filed by Vishnu Gupta of the Hindu Sena, which said the survey will be similar to the one in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque where a “Shivling” was said to be found during a survey. The lawsuit is one of the many by Hindu outfits demanding the removal of the 17th century Shahi Idgah Masjid from the Katra Keshav Dev temple, claiming the mosque has been built on the birthplace of Lord Krishna. The Shahi Idgah mosque, the petitions say, was built at the Krishna Janmabhoomi on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1669-70 in the 13.37-acre premises of Katra Keshav Dev temple. The civil court in Mathura had earlier dismissed the case saying it cannot be admitted under the Places of Worship Act of …