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The Allahabad High Court on Monday returned the petition of the Shahi Idgah Trust of Mathura and the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board. Justice Prakash Padia’s court ordered the district judge of Mathura to hear the whole case afresh.
The court had reserved the judgment on April 17 after completion of arguments on the Shahi Idgah Trust, Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board and Lord Krishna Virajman case. After this the decision was to come on 24th April, but on that day also the next date was shifted to 1st May.
First of all, know what is the matter, on which the High Court has given its verdict.
Supreme Court advocate Ranjana Agnihotri along with Hari Shankar Jain, Vishnu Jain, Karunesh Shukla filed a case in the Mathura Civil Court in September 2020 on behalf of Shri Krishna Virajman as a friend of Lord Krishna did. This suit was dismissed by the Civil Court. After this Mr. Krishna Virajman filed a revision suit in the district judge’s court.
On behalf of the Shahi Idgah Committee and others, the Allahabad High Court has challenged the suit filed by Shri Krishna Virajman in the Mathura Court.
Hearing this, the District Judge’s Court accepted the suit and asked it to be heard in the Civil Court. After this, in July 2022, the Muslim side filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court demanding dismissal of the suit. The Muslim side demanded filing of the suit citing the Worship Act 1991. On this, the High Court had stayed the hearing on the case going on in the Mathura court of Shri Krishna Virajman. On the other hand, today the Allahabad High Court has returned the petition filed by the Muslim side, removing the stay.
The advocate had kept this aspect in the court
Advocate Garima Prasad sought lifting of the stay saying that summons has been issued on the original suit. This proceeding is regarding the interim order. Counter-claims and counter-claims have been filed by both the parties. The High Court had reserved the verdict after hearing the arguments of both the sides.
Demand to name 13.37 acres of land in the name of Shri Krishna Virajman
On behalf of Lord Krishna Virajman, a demand was made in the civil judge’s court to cancel the decision of July 20, 1973 and to declare 13.37 acres of Katra Keshav Dev’s land in the name of Shri Krishna Virajman. It was said on behalf of the plaintiff that the decision given in 1973 on the basis of an agreement between the two parties regarding the land would not apply to the plaintiff, as he was not a party to it.
Advocates Ranjana Agnihotri, Harishankar Jain, Vishnu Jain, Karunesh Shukla, etc., on behalf of Shri Krishna Virajman, demanded in the Mathura court to cancel the decision of July 20, 1973.
The suit was dismissed on 30 September 2020
Hearing the objection of the Sunni Central Waqf Board, the court dismissed the civil suit on 30 September 2020. Against which an appeal was filed on behalf of Lord Krishna Virajman. The opposite objected to the maintainability of the appeal. The Court of District Judge, Mathura accepted the application and converted the appeal into revision application.
Five questions were framed on the revision petition. On 19 May 2022, the District Judge’s court quashed the order of the Civil Judge dismissing the suit dated 30 September 2020. The subordinate court is directed to pass order in accordance with the rules after hearing both the parties, the validity of which is challenged in these petitions.
