Krishna Janmabhoomi row: Allahabad HC says Shahi Eidgah ‘not disputed’; plea dismissed

NEW DELHI: The Allahabad precocious tribunal has dismissed a plea by the Committee of Management, Shahi Jama Masjid, which sought to state the Shahi Idgah mosque successful Sambhal arsenic a disputed structure.

The committee had challenged an earlier bid by a section Sambhal tribunal that allowed a survey of the mosque premises, but the precocious tribunal upheld the validity of some the suit and the bid to name a tribunal commissioner.Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal had ruled that the suit was not barred nether the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, stating that the plaintiffs were lone seeking entree to a protected monument nether the 1958 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, alternatively than attempting to change the spiritual quality of the site.The suit had been filed by lawyer Hari Shankar Jain and others, claiming that the Shahi Idgah mosque was built by Mughal emperor Babur successful 1526 aft demolishing the Harihar Mandir. The plaintiffs argued for the close to entree the site, located successful Mohalla Kot Purvi, Sambhal.The precocious tribunal dismissed the revision plea, stating, "Revision fails and is hereby dismissed. Interim bid stands vacated. Suit to proceed."Lawyers connected some sides acknowledged the ruling followed ineligible procedure. Hindu broadside counsel Shri Gopal Sharma welcomed the judgment, portion Muslim broadside advocator Shakeel Ahmed Warsi said it reflected owed process.