PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad excessive courtroom on Wednesday rejected a plea to recall its order of Jan 11, 2024, consolidating all fits filed in reference to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute at Mathura.
Dismissing the plea moved by the Shahi Idgah mosque facet, Justice Mayank Kumar Jain stated consolidating all fits would save the valuable time of courtroom and the bills of litigants.Additional, it will guarantee easy listening to and expeditious disposal, and assist to keep away from conflicting orders and choices in numerous fits, the choose stated. Justice Jain had reserved his order on Oct 16 after listening to all sides.
The excessive courtroom’s determination means the Jan order would stay intact, permitting for a unified authorized course of for all of the 18 instances regarding the disputed land, which holds non secular significance for each Hindus and Muslims.
Earlier, shifting the applying on behalf of the Muslim facet, Tasneem Ahmadi, a Supreme Court docket lawyer, had submitted that consolidation of all instances would deprive them of the suitable to oppose every case. In addition to, it had been achieved at a untimely stage, she stated, contending that the instances shouldn’t be consolidated earlier than framing of points and gathering proof.
Opposing the applying, Hari Shankar Jain from the Hindu facet submitted that consolidating the instances got here below the courtroom’s discretionary energy, and neither of the events had the suitable to problem the identical. The one goal of such an objection was to delay the proceedings, Jain contended. He additionally submitted that consolidation didn’t imply shedding the suitable to contest all of the instances.
