Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Allahabad HC order allowing Hindu side to add ASI as party is correct, says SC
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, however, deferred the hearing on the mosque committee’s petition against the high court order and tagged it with other pending cases relating to the dispute.
The Supreme Court had on April 4 issued notices on a petition filed by the Management Committee of Idgah Mosque, Mathura challenging the Allahabad High Court’s order consolidating all suits filed by the Hindu side in relation to the Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute.
With regard to the Allahabad High Court’s March 5, 2025, decision allowing the Hindu side to implead the MHA and ASI in suits filed by Hindu side for removal of the mosque from the site they claimed to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna, the Bench had even on the previous date of hearing said the order was prima facie right.
“Prima facie the order to that extent appears to be correct in accordance with law, because when you are amending the plaint, you are not going into the merits,” the Bench had said.
The Supreme Court had on January 10 favoured clubbing of 15 lawsuits the Mathura Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid dispute at Mathura.
The Hindu side has sought shifting of the Shahi Idgah mosque, alleging it was built on a part of the 13.37-acre land of the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust. They demanded that the high court must conduct an original trial as was done in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title dispute case.
