Sambhal Jama Masjid or Harihar Mandir? The Allahabad High Court on Monday upheld the trial court’s order issued in November last year appointing an Advocate Commissioner to survey the Sambhal mosque premises. This means the Advocate Commissioner can continue the survey as ordered by the court. The High Court gave its order while hearing a civil revision petition in the ongoing dispute between the Jama Masjid and the Harihar Mandir in the Sambhal district.
Notably, the Sambhal mosque management committee had opposed the trial court ordere while filing a civil revision petition seeking a stay on the ongoing trial court proceedings. Hindu side lawyer, Advocate Gopal Sharma, said, “On 19th November 2024, we filed a petition. The court had ordered a survey. The survey was conducted in two parts. The party of Jama Masjid went to the Supreme Court against the survey… The Supreme Court asked them to go to the High Court,” Sharma said.
Earlier, the Supreme Court on April 29 granted two-week time to the Committee of Management, Shahi Jama Masjid, Sambhal, to file its response on a status report of Uttar Pradesh authorities which said the disputed well is located outside mosque.
In November 2024, the top court had stayed the trial court proceedings in the case, directing it to not to hear the matter until the petition filed by the mosque committee against the survey order is listed in the Allahabad High Court. Tensions in Sambhal had simmered after the local court ordered a survey of the mosque on November 19. Opposing the court-ordered survey of the Jama Masjid people clashed with police, resulting in the death of four persons.
The survey followed a petition filed by some persons in the local court, claiming that the site of the mosque was previously a Harihar temple, dedicated to Kalki, the last incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and built in 1526 after demolishing the temple. (With ANI inputs)
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