New Delhi . The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the petition of the Muslim side in the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute case in Mathura. 18 petitions of the Hindu side will be heard together. The Muslim side had challenged the decision of the Allahabad High Court.
In fact, on August 1, a single bench of Justice Mayank Kumar Jain of the High Court had decided to hear 18 petitions together. The Muslim side had demanded from the Supreme Court that all the cases filed by the Hindu side are not worth hearing. Hence, they should be dismissed. The Hindu side says that all the petitions are of the same nature. Hence, all the petitions should be heard.
Hindu parties gave 11 arguments
Shahi Idgah, built on two and a half acres, is not a mosque. Namaaz is offered there only twice a year. The entire two and a half acre area of Idgah is the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Krishna. Idgah was built as part of a political conspiracy.
The defendant does not have any such record. The mosque has been constructed illegally by demolishing the temple. Whereas the ownership of the land belongs to Katra Keshav Dev.
Without any ownership rights, the Waqf Board declared it a Waqf property without any legal procedure. The building has been declared protected by the Archaeological Department. The Archaeological Department (ASI) has considered it a Nazul land. Therefore, it cannot be called a Waqf property.
The Muslim parties argue that the agreement is of 1968. It is not right to declare the agreement wrong after 60 years. The case is not worth hearing. The case is not worth taking forward under the Places of Worship Act 1991.
As per the rule of 15 August 1947, the religious place should remain as it is, its nature cannot be changed. This matter should be looked into under the Limitation Act and Wakf Act. The hearing should be done in the Wakf Tribunal, this is not a case to be heard in a civil court.