Samhar Mosque Tour: Allahabad HC Trash Mosque Commission plead guilty to investigation

The main gate of the Jama Mosque in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. File | Image source: RV Moorthy

The Allahabad High Court upheld the order of the Sambar Court to appoint a defense committee to investigate Sambar Mosque on 19 May 2025 (19 May 2025).

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The court rejected the request of the Mosque Commission to investigate the Sambal Court ordered by the dispute between Shahi Jama Masjid and Harihar Temple.

The court said the order to appoint a court commissioner and litigation was maintainable.

Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal previously retained the order on the matter after hearing attorneys at the Mosque Commission and plaintiff Hari Shanker Jain lawsuit and lawyers at Indian Archaeological Investigation Lawyers.

Management Committee Shahi Jama Masjid filed a lawsuit challenged by the High Court and a Sambhal Court Order, which directed the investigation through the Advocate Commissioner.

Mr. Jain and seven others filed a lawsuit in the senior civil judge’s department, and Sambhal believes that the Shahi Idgah mosque was built after the demolition of a temple in Sambhal.

It claims that the mosque was built by Mughal Emperor Babur after the demolition of Harihar Mandir of Sambhal in 1526.

The High Court had previously continued further litigation in the trial court.

The plaintiff in the lawsuit claims to have the right to enter the religious venue in Mohalla Kot Purvi, Sambar area.

The committee claimed the lawsuit was filed at noon on November 19, 2024, and the judge appointed an advocate commissioner within hours and directed him to conduct a preliminary investigation at the mosque, which was conducted on the same day and on November 24, 2024.

The court also directed that the report of the investigation would be submitted by November 29.

(Input with PTI)