Krishna Janmabhoomi case: SC sends notice in Mosque Council requests club lawsuit

The Supreme Court issued a notice on the request of the Allahabad High Court in the Mosque Commission. File | Image source: ANI

The Supreme Court issued a notice on Friday (4 April 2025) of the Mosque Commission’s request against the Allahabad High Court, which relate to all lawsuits by Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah regarding Hindus.

On October 23 last year, the High Court rejected the application from the governing board, trusting Shahi Masjid Idgah seeking to recall his January 11 order that consolidated all Hindu lawsuits in the case.

On March 19 last year, the Mosque Commission had moved to the High Court, asking it to seek first recall of the order to litigate there.

On Friday, a judge composed of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan pointed out that the attorney and advocate of the Mosque Commission, Vishnu Shankar Jain, filed a lawsuit on behalf of some Hindus and issued the notices.

The bench said the notices will be made available to all respondents within 7 days.

In addition to “Bhagwan Shrikrishna Virajman”, the Mosque Commission also proposed 10 political parties as respondents to their plead guilty.

The Mosque Commission also filed another plea, challenging another order from the Allahabad High Court that said the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Archaeological Inquiry Agency of India (ASI) would be pending lawsuits on the Hindu side.

The Supreme Court said that if the other party takes any new grounds in its reply to the lawsuit, it has the right to amend the petition under the Civil Procedure Code.

However, the bench postponed the hearing of the plea to April 8, which will involve cases related to the dispute between Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah.

The Allahabad High Court previously rejected the Muslim side’s request, refusing to accept the merger order, and was only released after the problem framework and evidence was collected.

It said: “Only the court must decide whether two or more cases of similar nature must be merged. The consent of the parties is irrelevant.”

The High Court added: “The court will be saved due to the merger of cases, and there is no possibility of a different type of order in similar matters, and the parties will be in a beneficial position from the large expenses.” The High Court ordered the framework of the problem on 1 August 2024, but so far there are no problems.

The dispute is related to the Shahi Idga Mosque in the era of Mughal Emperor Auranthib, which Hindus claimed was built after a temple was demolished at the birthplace of Lord Krishna.