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HC Dismisses PIL Seeking To Declare Shahi Idgah Mosque Site As Birthplace Of Lord Krishna

A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar and Justice Ashu💯tosh Srivastava passed the order on Wednesday on the PIL filed by Mahek Maheshwari, an a💖dvocate, and others. 

The Allahabad High Court has dismis🔴sed a🦩 PIL seeking to declare the site of the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district as Krishna Janambhoomi or the birthplace of Lord Krishna.

A two-judgཧe bench comprising Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed the order✃ on Wednesday on the PIL filed by Mahek Maheshwari, an advocate, and others. 

The bench had earl꧅ier r♌eserved its order in the case on September 4.

The PIL has sought the removal 🐲of the Shahi Idgah Mosque, alleging it was built on the s🌼ite of the birthplace of Krishna.

The petitioner✤ had asked for the land 𝓀to be “handed over to the Hindus and a proper trust be formed to build a temple on the Krishna Janmabhoomi Janmasthan land”.

In an interim plea, the petitioner had also so🍌ught permission for Hindus to worship at the mosque on certain days of the week and during the festival of Janmashtami (Lord Krishna’s birthday), till the disposal of the petition.  

Th♕e petitioner had also prayed for a court-monitored excavation of the structure by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

Though the court pronounced the order of dismissal on Wednesday, the detailed judgment is stil𒁃l awaited.

-With PTI Input

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