India News | MP HC Orders Stay on Work on Land 2 Claim is Part of Graveyard
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In an interim order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed ongoing construction on land which two petitioners have claimed is part of a Muslim graveyard at Quazi campus locality in old Bhopal.
Jabalpur, Feb 19 (PTI) In an interim order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed ongoing construction on land which two petitioners have claimed is part of a Muslim graveyard at Quazi campus locality in old Bhopal.
A single bench of Justice MF Anwar on Thursday directed the parties to maintain status-quo, the petitioners' counsel Mohammad Riyaz said.
Petitioners M Suleman and M Imran have claimed the land, on which the construction is underway, is part of a Muslim cemetery registered in government records, and that its land use cannot be changed as per norms, counsel Riyaz said.
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