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Business Standard
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Allahabad HC upholds survey of Sambhal Mosque amid temple claim dispute
The Allahabad High Court on Monday upheld a trial court's decision to appoint an advocate commissioner to survey the premises of a Mughal-era mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, following claims that the site was previously home to a Hindu temple. The Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal dismissed a plea by the mosque committee challenging the November 2024 survey order. Temple claim and legal backing The case originated from a petition filed by eight local residents in a Sambhal court, who claimed that the site once housed a Shri Harihar temple allegedly demolished by Mughal emperor Babur in 1529. They asked for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to take charge of the site and cited the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, to support their right to access it as a public monument. Violence after trial court order On November 19, 2024, the Sambhal trial court directed the survey to be carried out by Advocate Commissioner Ramesh Raghav. It was conducted the same day in the presence of district officials, police, and the mosque committee. A second survey was scheduled for November 24, but tensions escalated as rumours of a possible demolition spread. A large crowd gathered at the site, and violence broke out. Stones were thrown, vehicles set ablaze, and police responded with tear gas and baton charges. Four people were killed and over 30 police officers were injured in the clashes. So far, at least 85 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, according to a Hindustan Times report. Among those arrested are Zafar Ali, president of the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid's managing committee; MP Ziab Ur Rehman Barq; and Suhail Iqbal, son of local MLA Iqbal Mehmood.
Time of India
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
HC to deliver judgment in Sambhal mosque-temple dispute case today
1 2 Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court will deliver its judgment on Monday on a civil revision petition in a dispute related to Jami Masjid and Shri Harihar temple in Sambhal. The Sambhal Mosque Management Committee has filed a civil revision petition, requesting a stay on the ongoing trial court proceedings in the district court. The case involves a suit filed by the Hindu side plaintiff, seeking a declaration of their right to access the Shri Harihar temple, which was allegedly converted into the Jami Masjid situated at Mohalla Kot Purvi. On May 5, the ASI counsel had filed his counter-affidavit on which the court had granted time to the masjid committee to file a rejoinder and fixed May 13 for next hearing. On May 13, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal had reserved judgment after concluding hearing in the matter. The masjid committee had filed a revision petition challenging an order of the Sambhal civil court dated Nov 19, 2024, which had directed an ASI survey through an advocate commission. The high court had earlier stayed the further trial court proceedings of the original suit till the next date pending before the district court at Sambhal, where the Hindu side plaintiff had sought the right of access to Harihar temple, which is allegedly where the Jami Masjid is situated at Mohalla Kot Purvi. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Memperdagangkan CFD Emas dengan salah satu spread terendah? IC Markets Mendaftar Undo Now, this stay will continue till the delivery of judgment. The present civil revision was filed after the Supreme Court order in this regard challenging the entire proceedings as well as maintainability of suit before the Sambhal district court. In the petition, it was alleged that the suit was filed on Nov 19, 2024, and within hours, the judge appointed an advocate commissioner and directed him to carry out an initial survey at the mosque, which was done on the same day, i.e. Nov 19, and again on Nov 24, 2024. Hindu side counsel Hari Shanker Jain and seven others have filed a suit before the court of civil judge senior division, Sambhal, on the plea that Shahi Eidgah mosque was built after demolishing a temple at Sambhal.
