New Delhi: A Hindu party on Friday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court saying no orders be passed without hearing it on any appeal against the Madhya Pradesh High Court order in the Bhojshala complex dispute case, PTI reported.
The caveat, filed by Jitendra Singh 'Vishen' through advocate Barun Kumar Sinha, said, "Let no order be made in the above matter without notice to the undersigned."
Vishen was the sixth petitioner in the matter in which a high court bench in Indore on Friday gave the decision.
In a huge win for the Hindu side, the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared that the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar district was a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, and the Centre and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) can decide on its administration and management.
Ruling that the complex is the property of King Bhoj, the court granted the Hindu side the exclusive right to perform worship at the site while dismissing the petitions filed by the Muslim side and the Jain community.
The high court also quashed the April 7, 2003, order of the ASI that allowed Muslims to offer namaz inside the Bhojshala complex every Friday.
The high court bench hearing the case also said that the Muslim community, which called the 11th-century ASI-protected monument 'Kamal Maula Mosque', may approach the Madhya Pradesh government for allotment of separate land in the district for the construction of a mosque.
The court noted that the facts presented in the survey report were significant in establishing the original character of the site.
Furthermore, the court has directed the government to make formal efforts to repatriate the ancient idol of Goddess Saraswati currently housed in the British Museum in London.