Allahabad High Court upholds order for survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal
The petition filed by Hari Shanker Jain and seven others before a civil judge, senior division, Sambhal, claims that the Shahi Jama Masjid was built by the Mughal emperor Babur in 1526 after demolishing the Harihar Mandir.
The Allahabad High Court on Monday rejected the revision petition filed by the mosque committee and upheld the trial court’s order for a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh.
Rejecting the revision petition filed by the mosque committee against the survey order, the court said that it found no issues with the trial court order. The committee had challenged the civil court’s decision dated November 19, 2024, which had ordered a survey.
It was also seeking a stay on the ongoing trial court proceedings in an original suit pending before the district court in Sambhal.
A single bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal had previously reserved its order on the matter after hearing counsel for the Masjid committee and plaintiff Hari Shanker Jain and the counsel for the Archaeological Survey of India.
The Committee of Management, Shahi Jama Masjid, had moved the high court challenging the suit and the Sambhal court order, which directed the survey through an advocate commissioner.
Jain and seven others had filed the suit before a civil judge, senior division, Sambhal, contending that the Shahi Idgah Mosque was built after demolishing a temple at Sambhal. The original petition filed by the plaintiffs claims that the mosque was built by the Mughal emperor Babur in 1526 after demolishing the Harihar Mandir in Sambhal.
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The high court had previously stayed further proceedings before the trial court.
The original plaintiffs had claimed the right of access to the religious site at Mohalla Kot Purvi in Sambhal district in the suit.
The mosque committee alleged the suit was filed at noon on November 19, 2024, and within hours, the judge appointed an advocate commissioner and directed him to carry out an initial survey at the mosque, which was done on the same day and again on November 24, 2024.
The court had also directed that a report of the survey be filed before it by November 29.
Reacting to the HC order, advocate Hari Shankar Jain said, “The court rejected the Muslim side’s plea and said that the survey was correct. Whatever survey was done, it will be read out and made part of the record. If they (Muslim side) go to the Supreme Court, we are ready to welcome them.”