SUPREME COURT REFUSED ORAL PLEA TO STAY HIGH COURT ORDER APPOINTING COMMISSIONER TO INSPECT SHAHI EIDGAH MOSQUE| KRISHNA JANMABHOOMI CASE

The Allahabad High Court in the case Committee of Management Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah v. Bhagwan Shrikrishna Virajman and Ors has refused to an oral plea raised by the Mosque committee to stay the order passed by the Allahabad High Court wherein it allowed an application for the appointment of a court commissioner for the inspection of the mosque.

The bench comprising of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice SVN Bhatti was hearing the special leave petition filed by the mosque committee wherein it challenged the May 2023 order of the Allahabad High Court transferring to itself a clutch of suits over the land dispute.

The bench in the case observed that the High Court order has not been formally challenged before it.

The counsel, Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, for the Mosque Committee, raised concerns over the high court wherein it considered the interlocutory applications having ‘far-reaching implications’, even while the mosque committee’s challenge to the high court’s jurisdiction was pending before the Supreme Court.