Sessions court stay increased on orders to break the disputed Sanjauli Mosque.
A hearing was held in the session court today (Thursday) in the disputed Sanjauli Masjid case in Himachal Pradesh. Municipal Corporation Shimla filed her reply in the court today. During this time, the court considered the Sanjauli Masjid case to be debated and the orders of the corporation commissioner to break the mosque were stayed.
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The court will now listen to this case again on 5 July. Advocate BS Thakur said that as long as the matter remains under consideration in the session court, the floor will not be broken. In the hearing of May 25, the court had stayed a stay for breaking the mosque. Today, the stay has been ordered to continue further.
Explain that the Waqf Board has challenged the orders of the Shimla Municipal Corporation Commissioner Court of May 3, in which the Commissioner Court had ordered to break the entire mosque as illegal.
Disputed Sanjauli Mosque.
Corporation had given orders to break on May 3
Corporation Commissioner Bhupendra Atri had ordered the lower two floors to break its lower two floors on May 3, calling the entire mosque illegal. Orders to break the above three floors have been given on October 5 last year.
Before ordering to break it, the Waqf Board was given a chance to give ownership paper to the mosque land several times and map of the mosque. But the Waqf Board could not present its paper. Based on this, the corporation commissioner ordered the removal of the mosque.
The map of the mosque and any kind of NOC could not give the mosque committee and the Waqf Board to the Corporation Court. Whereas, the Waqf Board continued to claim ownership over the ground for a long time. Now this decision has been challenged by the Waqf Board in the session court.
MC court hearing 50 times
The Sanjauli Mosque case continued in the Corporation Commissioner Court for about 16 years. During this, there was a hearing more than 50 times. After the intervention of the Himachal High Court, the Corporation Commissioner has pronounced the verdict on 3 May in this case.
The High Court had ordered to settle before 8 May. Failure to do so was said to be contempt action against the corporation. The case has been settled on 3 May on the orders of the High Court.
Masjid case made headlines after fighting in 2 groups
The Sanjauli Mosque case came into the limelight after the fight between 2 groups. After this there was a ruckus in the whole country. In fact, on 31 August 2024, 2 communities were beaten up in Mehli, Shimla. People from a community assaulted hid in the Sanjauli Mosque.
Angry Shimla people performed outside the mosque on 1 September. This was followed by a fierce performance in Hindu organizations several times in Shimla. After Shimla, people took to the streets in different areas of the state.
Dispute calmed by offer to break the illegal part of the mosque committee
On September 11, there was a fierce performance in Sanjauli, Shimla. This made the atmosphere tense. Hindu organizations erupted due to force usage and water showers. After Sanjauli, there was a demand to break the mosque elsewhere.
The controversy of the Sanjauli Mosque was catching up, meanwhile, on September 12, the Sanjauli Masjid Committee itself reached the Corporation Commissioner Court and offered to break the illegal part itself. Then the dispute was calmed down.
Hindu organizations accused
Hindu organizations and local residents living around the Sanjauli Mosque alleged that the mosque was built without permission. The land of the mosque is also not of the Waqf Board. Permission was also not taken from the Municipal Corporation to build the mosque.
