Mathura court issues notice to Shahi Idgah Masjid committee on plea seeking removal of the 17th-century mosque
By Muslim Mirror Staff
New Delhi: A Mathura court on Saturday issued notices to the Shahi Idgah Masjid management committee seeking their response on petitions seeking removal of the mosque from near the alleged birthplace of Lord Krishna in the Katra Keshav Dev temple complex.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Dev Kant Shukla on Saturday issued notices after admitting the plea, ruling that the suit is “maintainable and hence admissible” for detailed hearing, District Government Counsel (Civil) Sanjai Gaur said.
After admitting the civil suit, the court also issued notices to three other respondents — the president of Sunni Waqf Board, Lucknow and the managing trustees of Sri Krishna Janmabhumi Trust Katra Keshav Dev temple and Sri Krishna Seva Sansthan, Katra Keshav Dev temple, reported PTI.
The court sought the stands of four respondents to the new plea by March 8, the next date of hearing, DGC Gaur said.
The fresh plea has been filed by priest Pawan Kumar Shastri of the old Keshav Dev temple on behalf of the temple’s deity, Thakur Keshav Dev Ji Maharaj Virajman.
Besides the present suit, three more suits are pending with Mathura courts on the issue. One suit, filed by advocate Mahendra Pratap Singh on behalf of five plaintiffs, has been admitted for the hearing by the court.
The admissibility of two others, filed respectively by advocate Hari Shankar Jain for Sri Krishna Virajman through the deity’s next friend Ranjana Agnihotri and others and advocate Shailendra Singh for Hindu Army chief Manish Yadav, are yet to be decided, DGC (Civil) Gaur said.
