Everyone’s eyes were on the decision in the Mathura Shahi Idgah and Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi dispute case in Allahabad High Court today. The court has rejected the petition, giving a shock to the Hindu side. In this, the petition to declare the mosque as a disputed structure has been rejected. Hindu party Mahendra Pratap Singh had cited history books written from Masre Alam Giri to FS Growse, who was the collector of Mathura. He had said that there was a temple there earlier and the Shahi Idgah Mosque party could not present any evidence of the existence of a mosque in the court.

Hindu party advocate Mahendra Pratap Singh had cited history books and said that there was a temple there earlier. He said, till date the Shahi Idgah Masjid party has not been able to present any evidence of a mosque being there in the court. Neither is the name of the mosque in the Khasra Khatauni, nor is there any record of it in the Municipal Corporation. No tax is being paid, a report of electricity theft has also been filed against the Shahi Idgah management committee, then why should it be called a mosque. Therefore, the mosque should be declared a disputed structure.

  Advocate Mahendra Pratap Singh, a temple party in the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Idgah Mosque case, had filed a petition in the High Court on 5 March 2025 demanding that Shahi Idgah Mosque in Mathura be declared a disputed structure. The debate on this petition has been completed in the court of Judge Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra. During the debate, all the Hindu parties supported the arguments of Mahendra Pratap Singh.

The dispute relates to the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Mathura dating back to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, which is said to have been built by demolishing a temple located at the birthplace of Lord Krishna. A ‘compromise agreement’ was signed in 1968 between the Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, which is the temple management authority, and the trust Shahi Masjid Idgah, under which both places of worship were allowed to operate together. However, the validity of this agreement has now been challenged in fresh suits by parties seeking various kinds of relief in the courts with respect to Krishna Janmabhoomi. The litigants argue that the compromise agreement was fraudulently entered into and is invalid in law. Claiming the right to worship at the disputed site, many of them have sought the removal of the Shahi Idgah Mosque.

In May 2023, the Allahabad High Court transferred all the litigation pending in the Mathura court for various reliefs to the dispute to itself. This transfer order was challenged in the Supreme Court by the Masjid Samiti and later by the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board. In December 2023, the High Court accepted the petition seeking the appointment of a court commissioner to inspect the Shahi Idgah Mosque. In January 2024, the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the order. Subsequently, this stay was extended.