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Hearing in Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Masjid controversy postponed to April by the Supreme Court

Arpita Kushwaha January 22, 2025 08:27 PM

The hearing on a number of cases related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Masjid issue was postponed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna made the decision to postpone the case to the week of April 1, 2025.

The interim order issued on January 16, 2024, which halted the commission’s execution on a plea by the Shahi Idgah Masjid Management Committee against the Allahabad High Court for granting the application submitted by Hindu devotees for the appointment of a commissioner to inspect the contested premises, was extended in the interim by the bench led by Chief Justice Khanna.

During a previous hearing, the Supreme Court instructed the parties to finish the pleadings in the case and to submit written submissions that were no more than three pages long, along with the decisions they were relying on. It had made it clear, meanwhile, that the trial processes that were still ongoing before the Allahabad High Court might go on.

A petition submitted by the mosque committee contesting the transfer of litigation from the Allahabad High Court to itself was also seized by the top court.

It recently said that both parties should gain from the Allahabad High Court’s decision to combine all lawsuits related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah issue in Mathura.

“Why should we become involved in the lawsuit consolidation issue? The difference is insignificant. Multiple procedures are avoided since it is advantageous to both parties,” said a bench consisting of Justice Sanjay Kumar and CJI Khanna. The court made this statement during the hearing of a petition by the Shahi Masjid Eidgah management committee against an order issued by the Allahabad High Court in January “in the interest of justice” that ordered the consolidation of all 15 cases brought by the Hindu side. Initially, a number of lawsuits were brought before several Mathuran courts, all claiming that the Eidgah complex was constructed on property thought to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna and the location of a former temple.