New Delhi. Allahabad High Court has given a big decision today in the dispute of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Idgah Mosque of Mathura. Rejecting the objections of the Muslim side, the High Court said that all the cases filed by the Hindu side are worth hearing. The High Court rejected the petitions filed by Shahi Idgah Mosque Committee and Sunni Central Waqf Board under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC. A single bench of Justice Mayank Kumar Jain, while giving today’s decision, fixed August 12 as the date for hearing the petitions of the Hindu side. Earlier, the High Court had reserved its order in this matter on May 31.
In the 18 petitions filed by the Hindu side, Shahi Idgah Mosque was declared as the birthplace of Shri Krishna and it was demanded to be handed over to the Hindus. According to the Hindu side, the entire two and a half acre area of Idgah is the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Shri Krishna. The mosque was built illegally by demolishing the temple. Without any ownership rights, the Waqf Board has declared this land as Waqf property. Whereas the mosque committee does not have any such record of the land. This land is owned by Katra Keshav Dev and is also declared protected by the Archaeological Department.
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According to the Hindu side, this land has also been considered Nazul land, therefore it cannot be called Waqf property. On the other hand, the Muslim side argued in the court that an agreement was reached between the two sides in 1968 regarding the disputed land, so declaring the agreement as wrong after 60 years is completely unfair, therefore this case is not worth pursuing. The Muslim side also said that the identity and nature of the religious place will remain the same as it was on 15 August 1947.
