Supreme Court to hear plea against Sambhal mosque survey order tomorrow
The management committee of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal has moved the Supreme Court against a local court’s recent order to survey the mosque. The apex court will hear the matter on Friday.
The local court had ordered the survey of the mosque in response to a petition that claimed the place of worship was built by the Mughals after demolishing an ancient Hindu temple.
According to the cause list of November 29 uploaded on the apex court’s website, a bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna is scheduled to hear the plea.
The plea has sought an ex-parte stay on the operation of the November 19 order passed by the civil judge, reported PTI.
“The hot haste in which the survey was allowed and conducted all within a day and suddenly another survey was conducted with a notice of barely six hours has given rise to widespread communal tensions and threatens the secular and democratic fabric of the nation,” it said.