New Delhi, The All India Muslim Private Legislation Board on Thursday expressed concern over the current claims on mosques and dargahs in numerous courts within the nation and urged Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to take suo motu motion and direct the decrease judiciary to chorus from opening doorways to extra disputes.
SQR Ilyas, the All India Muslim Private Legislation Board spokesperson, stated such claims have been a “blatant mockery” of the legislation and the Structure, particularly in gentle of the Locations of Worship Act.
The legislation, enacted by Parliament, clearly specified that the standing of anywhere of worship as of August 15, 1947, shall stay unchanged and can’t be challenged, he stated in a press release.
The intent was clear, to forestall any additional focusing on of mosques or different spiritual locations following the Babri Masjid case, he stated.
The AIMPLB has expressed deep concern and anguish over the current spate of claims on mosques and dargahs in numerous courts throughout the nation, the assertion stated.
“Following the unresolved challenge of Sambhal’s Jama Masjid, a brand new declare has emerged, asserting that the world-renowned Ajmer dargah is the Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple. Sadly, the West Civil Court docket in Ajmer has accepted this petition for listening to and issued notices to the events concerned,” Ilyas stated.
The complainant has named the dargah committee, the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, and the Archaeological Survey of India as respondents, he famous.
Ilyas stated it was deeply unlucky and shameful that, after the claims on the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Shahi Eidgah in Mathura, Bhojshala mosque in Madhya Pradesh, Teele Wali masjid in Lucknow, and the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, a declare was been made on the historic Ajmer dargah.
“Regardless of the legislation, the courtroom has accepted Vishnu Gupta’s petition for listening to and issued notices to the events. The petitioner alleges that the land of the dargah was initially a temple devoted to Lord Shiva, the place worship and rituals like jal abhishek have been carried out,” he stated.
Ilyas identified that in the course of the Babri Masjid case, the Supreme Court docket not solely referred to the Locations of Worship Act but additionally acknowledged that no new claims could possibly be entertained after its enactment.
“But, when the decrease courtroom accepted the declare on the Gyanvapi mosque, the Muslim facet approached the Supreme Court docket, arguing that such a declare shouldn’t be entertained given the Locations of Worship Act. The courtroom, nevertheless, softened its stance and allowed the survey, stating it didn’t violate the 1991 legislation,” he stated.
This has led to subsequent claims on Shahi Eidgah in Mathura, Teele Wali masjid in Lucknow, and now the Jama Masjid in Sambhal and the Ajmer dargah, he famous.
Ilyas appealed to the chief justice of India to take speedy suo motu motion on this matter and the direct decrease courts to chorus from opening doorways to any additional disputes.
“Moreover, it’s the duty of each central and state governments to strictly implement this legislation handed by Parliament. Failure to take action might result in an explosive state of affairs throughout the nation, for which the Supreme Court docket and the central authorities can be held accountable,” he stated.
On Wednesday, an area courtroom in Ajmer, identified the world over as house of the dargah visited by hundreds of devotees chopping throughout spiritual divides on daily basis, issued notices to the dargah committee, the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs and the ASI on the plea looking for to declare the shrine a temple.
The discover got here days after 4 individuals have been killed in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh in violence following an area courtroom ordering survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid which, the petitioners stated, was constructed after destroying an outdated temple.
Whereas dargah committee officers declined to remark, Syed Sarwar Chishti, secretary of the Anjuman Syed Zadgan a physique representing the khadims of the shrine described the petition as a deliberate try to fracture society alongside communal traces.
He stated the dargah, which he described as a logo of communal concord and secularism, got here underneath the minority affairs ministry and the ASI had nothing to do with it.
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