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Krishna Janmabhoomi Case : Supreme Court Extends

Stay On HC Order Appointing Commission To Inspect
Shahi Idgah Mosque Till August 2024
Gyanvi Khanna
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15 Apr 2024 12:58 PM

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The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) posted to August 2024 a batch of petitions
challenging the orders passed by the Allahabad High Court in relation to the Krishna
Janambhoomi dispute.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing the special leave
petitions filed by the management committee of the Shahi Eidgah Mosque, Mathura
and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board challenging a May 2023 order of the
Allahabad High Court transferring to itself (https://www.livelaw.in/high-
court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-high-court-transfers-suits-pending-mathura-
court-krishna-janmabhoomi-shahi-idgah-dispute-229540) a clutch of suits over the
land dispute. Also listed before the bench was another SLP filed by the mosque
committee challenging the order passed by the Allahabad High Court in December
2023 (https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/allahabad-high-court-krishna-janmabhumi-
dispute-plea-appoint-commission-inspect-shahi-idagh-mosque-244518), allowing the
appointment of a court commissioner to inspect the Shahi Idgah mosque.

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On January 16, the Top Court had stayed the implementation

(https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-krishna-janmabhoomi-shahi-
eidgah-masjid-mosque-committee-court-appointed-commissioner-inspection-
246779#:~:text=The Supreme Court on Tuesday,in the Krishna Janmabhoomi
case.)of the Allahabad High Court order, which appointed the commission to inspect
the mosque. Today, while directing the relisting of the matters in the week
commencing on August 5, 2024, the Supreme Court stated that the interim order will
continue to operate till the next date of hearing.
The Court also clarified it has not stayed the proceedings in the suits pending in the
High Court.

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Advocate Tasneem Ahmadi appeared for the mosque committee and Senior
Advocate Shyam Divan appeared for the plaintiffs.

The controversy is related to Mughal emperor Aurangazeb-era Shahi Idgah mosque at

Mathura, which is alleged to have been built after demolishing a temple at the
birthplace of Lord Krishna.

Case Details

Committee of Management Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah v. Bhagwan Shrikrishna

Virajman & Ors. | Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 14275 of 2023 and connected
cases.

Tags Justice Sanjiv Khanna (https://www.livelaw.in/tags/justice-sanjiv-khanna)

Justice Dipankar Datta (https://www.livelaw.in/tags/justice-dipankar-datta)

Krishna Janmabhumi Dispute (https://www.livelaw.in/tags/krishna-janmabhumi-dispute)