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Hindustan Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Police conduct flag march in Sambhal after HC order
: Following the Allahabad high court order, the police conducted a flag march in Sambhal city on Monday evening. Superintendent of police Krishna Kumar Bishnoi said, 'Keeping the court's decision in mind, Sambhal police is carrying out foot patrols. Cyber space is also being monitored.' 'I appeal to everyone not to make any remarks that would question the dignity of the court or target any other community. No abusive comments should be made. No disturbance to peace and tranquillity will be tolerated —if anyone attempts such actions, strict action will be taken against them.' Advocate Shakeel Warsi, representing the Jama Masjid Management Committee, said, 'The high court has dismissed the petition, and it has passed the order as it deemed appropriate. We respect that. If the legal committee advises further action, it will be considered.' On the matter of the trial, he said, 'If there is an order that proceedings should continue in the lower court, then they will proceed, and we will cooperate. We will comment further only after reviewing the high court's order.' Warsi said the next hearing date in this case at the civil judge's court in Chandausi, Sambhal, is already scheduled for July 3. Advocate Gopal Sharma, representing the Hindu side, said, 'We welcome the Hon'ble High Court's decision. The petition was bound to be dismissed as per legal norms. The trial is already ongoing here. The Supreme Court had previously granted a stay, and their writ petition had been transferred to the high court. Now the decision has been delivered—the stay is automatically nullified, and the trial will continue.' Meanwhile, in the Sambhal violence case, police have so far sent a total of 85 accused to jail, including three women, and Zafar Ali, president of the Shahi Jama Masjid mosque management committee.
NDTV
19-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Survey To Continue At Sambhal Mosque, High Court Rejects Muslim Side's Plea
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court on Monday said the survey at a mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal will continue, rejecting the petition filed by the Muslim side. A single bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal also said the order to appoint a court commissioner and the suit were maintainable. The case centred around a civil revision petition filed by the Jama Masjid Management Committee, challenging the maintainability of a suit that led to a survey order by the Sambhal Civil Court. The committee contested the lower court's decision dated November 19, 2024, which directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), along with an Advocate Commissioner, to survey the Shahi Jama Masjid premises. Following the civil court's order, a preliminary survey was initiated on the same day, November 19, and continued on November 24. However, the situation escalated during the second round of the survey, resulting in violence that left four people dead. The civil court then ordered the submission of the survey report by November 29. In response, the mosque committee approached the Allahabad High Court, which held its first hearing on January 8. On the same day, the court issued an interim stay on the civil court's survey directive and also stayed proceedings in the original suit pending before the lower court. The suit was filed by Hari Shanker Jain and seven others before a civil judge in Sambhal, contending the mosque was built after demolishing a temple at Sambhal. The mosque, they claimed, was built by Mughal emperor Babur in 1526 after demolishing the Harihar Mandir in Sambhal.
