The Supreme Court on September 22 will hear a plea filed by the “Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Nirman Trust’. The Trust has approached the Supreme Court for a survey of Mathura’s Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque premises to determine whether it was built on a pre-existing Hindu temple. The Supreme Court is being asked to order a scientific survey of the area to obtain empirical data and substantiate statements being made by both sides.
The ‘Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Nirman Trust’ has moved the Supreme Court seeking a survey of the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque premises in Mathura to determine whether it was built on a pre-existing Hindu temple.
The Trust has challenged an order of the Allahabad High Court which dismissed its plea to direct the Mathura civil judge to decide its application for a scientific survey of Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque premises first before deciding the objections raised against the suit.
In its plea before the Supreme Court, the Trust has submitted that Shahi Masjid Eidgah Management Committee is intentionally attempting to seize control of the sacred worship place of the Hindus and preventing it and other devoted followers from practising their religious rituals on the premises.