Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed the writ petition filed by Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Nirman Trust. Through this petition, a request was made to direct the Civil Judge of Mathura to decide on the application for scientific survey of Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Masjid Idgah before deciding on the objection filed by the opposite party.
Justice Jayant Banerjee dismissed the writ petition filed by Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Nirman Trust after hearing the arguments of the petitioner’s counsel Suresh Kumar Maurya and UP Sunni Central Waqf Board’s counsel Puneet Kumar Gupta. Earlier, the petitioners had filed a suit along with a map before the Civil Judge of Mathura in January 2023 requesting to protect their interest and constitutional rights. Along with this, it was also requested that Krishna Janmabhoomi should be restored at the place where Shahi Masjid Idgah is present.
rejected this objection
However, the Management Committee of Shahi Masjid Idgah and the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board had raised objection regarding the maintainability of the said suit saying that the suit is against the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which provides that on August 15, 1947 The nature of any existing religious place cannot be changed.
The Amini survey was ordered by the Senior Division Court on the petition of Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta. But then on April 4, the court, in its decision, stayed the order for the Amini survey of Shahi Idgah. The Amini survey was ordered by the Senior Division Court on a petition by Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta. But it was stayed during the hearing on the petition of the parties of Shahi Idgah.
Please tell that on March 29 itself, the court had ordered the Amini survey of Shahi Idgah. On this, the parties of Shahi Idgah had filed a petition in front of the Fast Track Civil Senior Division Court. In fact, Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta had filed a petition in the Mathura court last year on 8 December 2022, demanding a survey of the Shahi Idgah mosque adjacent to Krishna Janmabhoomi.