Mathura court rejects plea for deciding on mosque survey application first

The Hindu petitioners had filed a revision application against the order of a lower court, which was passed on July 21 last year.

The lower court had ordered a day-to-day hearing on an application moved by the counsel for the Shahi Idgah mosque management committee challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by Hindu petitioners. The application was filed under order 7, rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code.

Ahmed said the court on Saturday, while hearing the revision application, found that the lower court order was passed on the basis of evidence and it does not require interference.

Advocate Mahendra Pratap Singh, one of the petitioners, said: “We will wait and decide our next course of action.”

The Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute involves ownership of 13.37 acres, which the petitioners claim belongs to the deity Lord Shri Krishna Virajman.

A court last year allowed an appeal by the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and other parties seeking ownership of the land on which the mosque is built.