The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) extended its stay on the Allahabad High Court's order that permitted a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah Mosque complex in Mathura.

The Hindu side has filed 18 suits for possession of land after the removal of the Shahi Idgah as well as for the restoration of the temple.

"The Committee of Management of the Shahi Idgah mosque is absolutely wrong in their plea that the Allahabad High Court's decision to allow the Hindu plaintiffs to do so was wrong," the court said.

Some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders like former Uttar Pradesh minister and Vishva Hindu Parishad's (VHP) Vinay Katiyar have even claimed that ... to the Shahi Idgah mosque that was built ...

The incident coincided with the anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid ... Mahasabha's Agra chapter, previously claimed on social media that a 'Jalabhishek' had been performed at Shahi Idgah.

New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Monday held that the Allahabad High Court was “prima facie correct” in permitting Hindu litigants to amend their suits in the Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi–Shahi ...

The bench, however, deferred the hearing on the plea of the Committee of Management, Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah, Mathura and tagged it with other pending cases relating to the dispute. The mosque ...

marked by a mosque-temple controversy, bloodshed and the periodic “discovery” of new shrines. A political observer suggested that with early resolution unlikely for the court cases over the Shahi ...