The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ruled that cases relating to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura are maintainable, dismissing the Muslim side's plea.

According to the Hindu's lawsuit, the Mathura Shahi Idgah Masjid was built over property that was built over Krishna Janmabhoomi land. The Hindu side has sought the removal of a mosque.

A civil court had originally rejected the lawsuit in September 2020, citing the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991's prohibition on case admission. However, following an appeal before the Mathura District Court, this ruling was overturned.

Reacting to the same, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain said, "Today Allahabad High Court has rejected the application of order 7 rule 11 filed by Shahi Eidgah Masjid and held that all these 18 suits are not barred by places of worship act. The next date of hearing is 12th August," he said.

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"The end result is that the trials will proceed and the intention and the effort to nib in the trial on the issue of maintainability has been rejected. We will file the caveat before the Supreme Court and if the Shahi Eidgah Masjid approaches the SC, we will be present there," he said.

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Justice Mayank Kumar Jain had on June 6 reserved his judgment on the plea moved by the Muslim side regarding maintainability of the suits. The court has now fixed August 12 as the date for framing of issues.

The suits filed by Hindu litigants seek "removal" of the Shahi Idgah mosque located adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple. The petitions claim that the Aurangazeb-era mosque was built after the demolition of the temple.

But the mosque management committee and the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board argued that the suits were barred under Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 that prohibits changing the status of any place of worship from what it was on the days of the country's Independence.

(With PTI inputs)