The Supreme Court refused to stay Allahabad High Court’s December 14 order, which allowed the primary survey of the Shahi Idgah complex adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi mandir in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura by a court-monitored three-member team of advocate commissioners.
“Supreme Court has refused to stay the proceedings and the Supreme Court has fixed the matter so far as challenge to the transfer order is concerned on January 9…The High Court order will continue, and the High Court will proceed with the matter, and there is no stay by the Supreme Court,” said Vishnu Shankar Jain, the lawyer for the Hindu side.
Earlier, the Allahabad High Court had given a key decision in the ongoing Krishna Janmabhoomi case, after it approved the conduct of a scientific survey on the Shahi Idgah complex at Mathura.
The survey will be conducted in the same manner, in which it has been done at the Gyanvapi mandir in Varanasi.
Supreme Court refuses to stay survey in Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi case
The Supreme Court declined to halt the Allahabad High Court's order permitting the survey of Mathura Shahi Idgah complex near the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple.
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The court on December 14 appointed an advocate commissioner and gave in-principle approval for surveying the Shahi Idgah complex. The modalities of the commission of advocates for the survey will be decided on December 18.
After the Allahabad High Court approved a survey of the Shahi Idgah complex in Mathura, Vishnu Shankar Jain, the lawyer for the Hindu side, called the decision a landmark judgment. He said that the modalities for the survey would be decided on December 18.
Vishnu Shankar Jain further added that to know the actual position, an advocate commissioner is required.
Vishnu Shankar Jain, the lawyer for the Hindu side, said, “Allahabad HC has allowed our application where we had demanded a survey of Shahi Idgah complex by the advocate commissioner. The modalities will be decided on December 18. The court has rejected the arguments of Shahi Idgah complex. My demand was that in Shahi Idgah complex, there are a lot of signs and symbols of the Hindu mandir, and to know the actual position, an advocate commissioner is required. It’s a landmark judgement by the court.”
So far, nine cases have been filed in Mathura Court, including the cases of Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Idgah complex.
Ranjana Agnihotri, a resident of Lucknow, had filed a suit demanding the ownership of 13.37 acres of land owned by Krishna Janmabhoomi. In her legal suit, Agnihotri demanded the removal of the Shahi Idgah mosque built in Krishna Janmabhoomi.
The suit filed in the Mathura court sought the removal of a mosque said to have been built in 1669-70 on the orders of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in the 13.37-acre premises of Katra Keshav Dev mandir, near the birthplace of bhagwan Krishna.
(with inputs from ANI)
