Supreme Court Orders Removal Of The Mosque From The Allahabad High Court Compound In Three Months

The Supreme Court ordered authorities to remove a mosque from the Allahabad High Court grounds within three months, informing petitioners who were opposed to the demolition that the building was on the property with a terminated lease and that they could not continue to claim a legal right to it.

In November 2017, the Allahabad High Court issued an order giving the applicants, Waqf Masjid High Court and UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, three months to remove the mosque from the property.

On March 13, the highest court rejected their appeal.

However, the petitioners were given permission by a panel of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar to submit a request to the UP government for the allocation of nearby property for the mosque.

It informed the applicants that the land was a lease property that had already come to an end and that they could not continue to claim a right to it.

The management committee of the mosque was represented by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who claimed that since the mosque has been there since the 1950s, it cannot simply be requested to leave.

High court representative and seasoned attorney Rakesh Dwivedi claimed that this case involved outright deception.

The Uttar Pradesh government had previously been asked by the top court to investigate the prospect of giving the mosque a piece of land to relocate.

The high court had informed the apex court it does not have an alternative plot of land to relocate the mosque and the state may contemplate shifting it to another area. Additionally, it stated that there was already a parking spot shortage.

The parties were earlier ordered by the supreme court to come to an agreement on the location of the mosque.

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