US EditionSambhal Temple-Mosque Row: Supreme Court Orders Status Quo, Issues Notice
The Supreme Court directed a status quo order until August 25 in the Sambhal mosque-temple dispute, following prior court-monitored surveys and resulting communal violence.
- A court in Chandausi fixed August 28 to hear the Shahi Jama Masjid–Harihar temple dispute, while the Supreme Court of India ordered status quo and issued notice to Hindu petitioners until August 25.
- The dispute began after Hindu petitioners filed a suit on November 19, 2023 alleging the Shahi Jama Masjid was built over a pre-existing Harihar temple, and the Allahabad High Court on May 19, 2025 found the suit not barred by the Places of Worship Act.
- The second survey on November 24 sparked unrest leaving four dead and 29 police injured; UP Police registered an FIR against 2,750 unidentified persons and booked Ziaur Rahman Barq and Zafar Ali.
- The Muslim side argued the trial court lacks jurisdiction as the case is before the Supreme Court, with Qasim Jamal warning, `If this hearing takes place then it will be a violation of the Supreme Court's guidelines`.
- ASI protection and access claims frame the larger legal stakes, as the High Court noted the Shahi Jama Masjid is a centrally protected monument with ASI 1927 links and the suit enforces public-access rights under the Ancient Monuments Act, 1958 .
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Supreme Court orders status quo in Sambhal mosque row, issues notice
The Supreme Court has ordered a status quo in the Sambhal mosque dispute until August 25, addressing the petition from Hindu groups. This follows a challenge from the mosque committee against a controversial survey ruling by the Allahabad High Court.
Supreme Court Orders Status Quo In Sambhal Mosque Row Till August 25, Issues Notice
The SC ordered status quo till August 25 in the Sambhal mosque row, issuing notice to Hindu petitioners on a plea challenging the Allahabad HC’s decision upholding a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid.
Supreme Court Halts Action In Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid–Sri Harihar Temple Dispute - The Commune
The Supreme Court on Friday directed both the Muslim and Hindu parties in the Shahi Jama Masjid–Sri Harihar Temple dispute in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal to maintain the status quo until the next hearing. A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar was hearing a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court’s decision that had upheld a Chandousi court order for a survey of the disputed site…
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