India News | Allahabad HC Directs Court to Decide Application on Shahi Eidgah Mosque Survey in 3 Months
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the civil judge (senior division) of Mathura to expedite and decide within three months an application for a survey of the Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India and the objections filed by the Sunni Central Waqf Board in the suit.
Allahabad, Jul 18 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the civil judge (senior division) of Mathura to expedite and decide within three months an application for a survey of the Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India and the objections filed by the Sunni Central Waqf Board in the suit.
Justice V C Dixit passed the order while disposing the petition filed by Bhagwan Sri Krishna Virajman and three others.
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Senior Advocate Adish Agarwal, along with Shashank Singh, appearing for the petitioner said that on April 14, 2021, an application was filed for conducting a scientific investigation of Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque before the court of the civil judge, but till date, no heed has been paid to it.
"Thus, being aggrieved by the same, the petitioners have now approached the high court," the counsel said.
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On February 19, 2021, a civil suit titled "Bhagwan Sri Krishna Virajman and Others Vs UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and Others" was filed before the court of the civil judge (senior division), Mathura, for removal of encroachment and structure illegally raised by the 'committee of management' of the Trust Masjid Idgah with the consent of the Sunni Central Board of Waqf.
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