Allahabad HC Allows Survey Of Mathura Idgah

The Supreme Court declined to stay the Allahabad High Court order allowing an application for an inspection of the Shahi Idgah mosque complex in Mathura by a court-appointed commissioner. The...

Ruby Thakur
December 16, 2023
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The Supreme Court declined to stay the Allahabad High Court order allowing an application for an inspection of the Shahi Idgah mosque complex in Mathura by a court-appointed commissioner. The Hindu side had filed a petition in a Mathura court demanding full ownership of the contested 13.37 acres of land, claiming the mosque had been built by demolishing the Katra Keshav Dev temple that stood on the same ground.

Allahabad HC Allows Survey Of Mathura Idgah

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The Supreme Court declined to stay the Allahabad High Court order allowing an application for an inspection of the Shahi Idgah mosque complex in Mathura by a court-appointed commissioner. The Hindu side had filed a petition in a Mathura court demanding full ownership of the contested 13.37 acres of land, claiming the mosque had been built by demolishing the Katra Keshav Dev temple that stood on the same ground.

Historical Reference

The Hindu petitioners believe the mosque, built on the orders of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1670, was constructed atop the birthplace of Lord Krishna in Mathura.
Today, it lies adjacent to the Krishna Janmasthal Temple, visited by millions of Hindu devotees each year. The Hindu side claims, as evidence, the existence of carvings of lotuses on some walls of the mosque, as well shapes supposedly resembling of ‘sheshnag’ – the snake demigod in Hindu mythology.

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The latest application, filed under Order 26 Rule 9 CPC, is part of a petition (353/2023) filed by eight people including “next friend” of Bhagwan Shree Krishna Virajman.
It seeks a survey of the Shahi Idgah mosque — which was allowed by a Bench of Justice Mayank Kumar Jain.

Moreover, the petition pleads that the High Court passes an order directing the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and the Shahi Idgah mosque committee “to remove the construction raised by them encroaching upon the land” in dispute.
The petition further asks the court to direct the two opposing parties to hand over the land to the Shree Krishna Janmbhoomi Trust within the time provided by the court.

Putting the focus back on the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute, the Allahabad High Court allowed an application seeking the appointment of a commission to inspect the mosque complex.
The high court agreed to appoint an advocate-commissioner to oversee the survey of the mosque, which Hindu petitioners say holds signs proving that it was a once a Hindu temple.

Muslim groups reject the contention, saying that the 1991 Places of Worship Act which locks the religious character of holy sites as they existed on the day of independence, with the exception of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site — bars any such petitions.

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Ruby Thakur

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