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The CJI said there are three issues pending with the top court now and they are one is the issue of intra-court appeal (against consolidation of suits filed by Hindu litigants), the other is the issue of the Pooja (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 starting from April 1. The act is due in a week.
The Supreme Court extended its stay on the Allahabad High Court order allowing court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah Mosque complex in Mathura. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Vishwanathan said the complex is located adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple, a site of significant religious importance for Hindus. It will defer the hearing on the petition by ‘Trust Management Committee Shahi Masjid Idgah’ against the court-monitored survey of the mosque complex till the week commencing April 1.
The CJI said there are three issues pending with the top court now and they are one is the issue of intra-court appeal (against consolidation of suits filed by Hindu litigants), the other is the issue of the Pooja (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 starting from April 1. The act is due in a week. Meanwhile, the interim order of the Allahabad High Court staying the court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah Mosque complex will continue, the bench said. On January 16 last year, the apex court had first stayed the implementation of the High Court’s order of December 14, 2023.
The high court had allowed court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah mosque complex and agreed to the appointment of a court commissioner to oversee it. The Hindu side claims that there are signs in the complex which show that there used to be a temple at this place. Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, appearing for the Hindu parties, had said that the mosque committee’s appeal was filed against the High Court’s December 14, 2023 order and the orders related to the case have become infructuous.
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