New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) A day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the Bhojshala complex as a Hindu temple and property of King Bhoj, opposition party leaders on Saturday described the decision as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s step to fulfill its “Hindu agenda”.Revoking the ASI’s 2003 order, the court granted the Hindu side the exclusive right to perform worship at the site while dismissing the petitions filed by the Muslim side and the Jain community.Speaking to IANS, Trinamool Congre…
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Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi said on Friday that Madhya Pradesh High Court order declaring the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque complex as a temple is similar to the Supreme Court judgement in Babri Masjid case. Terming the judgement of the High Court ‘erroneous’, the Hyderabad MP said the court overlooked several basic facts.Owaisi told a press conference on Friday that this court judgement has also been delivered on the basis of…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court of India is set to hear on Monday a plea filed by the Muslim side challenging a survey order issued by a court in Chandousi regarding the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe will take up the matter for hearing on Monday.The petition has been moved by the mosque committee opposing the survey exercise ordered in connecti…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a plea filed by the Muslim side challenging the survey order issued by the Chandousi court for the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe will take up the matter for hearing on April 20.The petition has been moved by the mosque committee opposing the survey exercise ordered in connection with …
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea seeking a stay on the suit pending before a civil court in Ajmer regarding the alleged “unauthorised occupation of the Shankat Mochan Mahadev Temple by the Ajmer Sharif Dargah”. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant refused to interfere at this stage, observing that the top court’s earlier interim order, passed in the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Places …
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain the conduct of the Maha Shivaratri puja at the Raghava Chaitanya Shivling, which is installed within the premises of the Laadle Mashaik Dargah in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and S.C. Sharma expressed disinclination to examine the writ plea filed under Article 32, following which the dargah management sought to withdraw the petition.The apex court then dism…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a plea filed by the Hindu Front for Justice (HFJ) seeking exclusive rights for Hindus to offer prayers on Basant Panchami at the disputed Bhojshala Temple–Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar district of western Madhya Pradesh.The application was filed on January 2, 2026, by advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain on behalf of the HFJ and was mentioned urgently before the apex court on Tuesday. Acting on the request, the Supreme Court listed …