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Court admits revision plea to survey mosque in Mathura
Presently, there are 12 cases related to Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah mosque filed in the Mathura court since September 2020.
A revision plea seeking a survey of the Shahi Eidgah mosque in Mathura before a hearing on the maintainability of the land dispute claim in the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi case was admitted to an additional district judge’s court on Monday, the petitioners said.
According to petitioner and lawyer Rajendra Maheshwari, the court posted the matter for hearing on August 11.
Day-to-day hearings in the dispute case were scheduled to start on Monday before the court of civil judge (senior division), Mathura, but were adjourned because of the revision plea.
The plea challenged a July 21 order of the civil court which directed that the application moved by the Shahi Eidgah Mosque management committee, challenging the maintainability of the case, would be heard first.
“In case No. 950 of 2020 (Bhagwan Sri Krishan Virajman and others versus Management Committee Shahi Eidgah Mosque and others), we had moved an application in May seeking a survey of Shahi Eidgah Mosque ahead of disposal of the application filed by respondents challenging the maintainability of the case,” said Maheshwari.
“The court of civil judge (senior division) Mathura on July 21, 2022, decided that the application moved by Shahi Eidgah Mosque will be heard first, and thus, we preferred filing a revision plea against the order,” he said.
The court has also asked the petitioners to take steps within five days to serve notices to all the respondents in the case, he added.
Tanveer Ahmed, secretary and counsel for the Shahi Eidgah mosque management committee, said the petitioners were simply adopting “delaying tactics”.
“Despite the court of civil judge (senior division) Mathura ordering day-to-day hearings from Monday onwards, the petitioners moved adjournment today (Monday) on the pretext of some revision plea filed against the July 21 order,” Ahmed said.
“The court of civil judge (senior division) Mathura had made it clear in its order, dated July 21, 2022, that no adjournments would be moved in day-to-day hearing. Yet, the petitioners moved for adjournment on the very first day of hearing, to delay the matter,” he added.
However, he added that since no stay had been granted by the revision court, the hearing would continue in the court of civil judge (senior division) Mathura.
Presently, there are 12 cases related to Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah mosque filed in the Mathura court since September 2020. Most of the petitioners in these cases have claimed that the Shahi Eidgah mosque was constructed on a part of 13.37-acre land belonging to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust.
