The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) a petition related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah dispute in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Mosque Management Committee has appealed in the court against the rejection of his petition.
On August 1 last year, a single bench of the Allahabad High Court had rejected the petition of the management committee of the Shahi Masjid Idgah Trust, challenging the maintainability of 15 cases related to the temple-mosque dispute in Mathura. The High Court had said that there is a need to determine the religious character of Shahi Eidgah."text-align: justify;">The High Court had rejected the contention of the Muslim side that the suits filed by the Hindu litigants relating to the dispute over the Shahi Idgah Mosque complex adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple violate the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act and hence they are not admissible. .
According to the Supreme Court website, the bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar had started the final hearing in this case on December 9 last year and the matter will come up before the bench on January 15. One of the Hindu parties argued that the mosque committee could have approached the Allahabad High Court against the single judge’s order on the dispute. This Hindu party was represented by advocate Barun Sinha.
He said that the petition of the Mosque Committee is not worthy of consideration in the Supreme Court in the present situation. Quoting the rules of the Allahabad High Court, the lawyer argued, ‘In view of Chapter 8 of the Rules of the Allahabad High Court, a special appeal will be admissible before a Division Bench of the High Court.’
He said that an appeal in the Supreme Court is not maintainable against the order of a single judge bench of the High Court and an inter-court appeal should have been filed in the court, hence the lawyer sought dismissal of the petition. On November 29 last year, a bench led by the Chief Justice had agreed to hear the petition.