‘Will file caveat before SC’: Hindu side after Allahabad HC rejects Muslim plea in Mathura dispute

PRAYAGRAJ: After the Allahabad High Court rejected the Muslim side plea challenging the maintainability of Hindu suits in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Masjid dispute, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain said that they will file the caveat before the Supreme Court.

“Today, Allahabad High Court has rejected the application of Order 7 Rule 11 filed by Shahi Eidgah Masjid and held that all these 18 suits are not barred by the Places of Worship Act. The next date of hearing is 12th August. The end result is that the trials will proceed and the intention and the effort to nib in the trial on the issue of maintainability has been rejected. We will file a caveat before the Supreme Court and if the Shahi Eidgah Masjid approaches the SC, we will be present there”, Jain said.

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The Allahabad High Court today dismissed the petition filed by the Shahi Eidgah (mosque) committee challenging the maintainability of 18 lawsuits initiated by Hindu devotees.

Speaking on the High Court’s decision, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said, “We welcome the court’s decision. The construction of a grand temple at Ram Janmabhoomi happened after the judgment of the Supreme Court. I am confident that in the coming time, Shri Krishna devotees will also get justice”.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said that the decision is according to the sentiments of the people. “I welcome the decision given by the court. It is according to the sentiments of the people. Lord Ram & Lord Krishna are our ‘sanskriti, virasat, vichardhara'”, Pathak said.

Earlier, the Supreme Court extended the interim order on stay on the Allahabad HC order appointing the Commission for the Shahi Eidgah Mosque in connection with Mathura’s Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute till the next date of hearing. The Supreme Court is also dealing with various matters relating to Mathura’s Krishna Janambhoomi land dispute.

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 temple, near the birthplace of Lord Krishna. (ANI)