Shahi Idgah committee to file plea in SC to overturn HC ruling for mosque complex survey

Mathura: In the Krishna Janambhoomi issue, the Muslim side decided to appeal to the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court's ruling for a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah premises next to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura.

In a statement released late on Thursday night, advocate Tanveer Ahmed, the secretary of the Shahi Idgah Masjid Management Committee, stated that the committee will appeal the High Court's ruling in the Supreme Court.

“Whatever legal process is possible will be taken against this decision,” he said.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) spokesperson Qasim Rasool Ilyas also welcomed the decision of the Shahi Idgah mosque committee and said, “The legal committee of the AIMPLB will provide every assistance to the Shahi Idgah Masjid committee. In 1991, during the Babri Masjid dispute, the Central government had passed a law to get rid of all such disputes relating to places of worship. The law said that the status of the places of worship would remain exactly the same as it was in 1947.”

He further said, “It was expected that no new conflict would arise after this but the elements who are not interested in peace and harmony in the country and who are creating hatred between Hindus and Muslims want to fulfil their political interest by doing so.”

The High Court on Thursday allowed a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah complex, an important milestone in the temple-mosque dispute in Mathura.

The court agreed to the appointment of an advocate commissioner to oversee the survey of the mosque premises, which the petitioners claim holds signs suggesting that it was a Hindu temple once.

Justice Mayank Kumar Jain said the modalities of the survey will be discussed at the next hearing on December 18.

With inputs from IANS