Sanjauli mosque row: Shimla court upholds demolition order; VHP hails decision

SHIMLA: The territory tribunal successful Shimla connected Thursday upheld the municipal commissioner court’s bid to demolish the full operation of the Sanjauli mosque, dismissing petitions filed by the Himachal Pradesh Waqf Board and the Sanjauli Mosque Committee, reported PTI.The Sanjauli Mosque Committee had challenged the May 3 bid of the commissioner’s court, which directed the demolition of the remaining 2 floors of the five-storey mosque successful Shimla’s Sanjauli area. Authorities had already begun implementing an earlier bid to demolish the apical 3 floors of the structure.On October 5, 2024, the commissioner’s tribunal had archetypal ordered the demolition of the apical 3 floors, declaring them illegal.

The mosque committee had itself offered to demolish those floors but contested the directive to region the remaining two. On May 3 this year, the commissioner’s tribunal reiterated that the 2 little floors indispensable besides beryllium razed, citing the Waqf Board’s nonaccomplishment to nutrient ownership records for the land.Additional District and Sessions Judge Yajuvinder Singh dismissed the petitions seeking a enactment connected the commissioner’s order. The tribunal directed that the remaining 2 floors besides beryllium demolished, observing that the Waqf Board and the mosque committee were incapable to supply valid documents to enactment their claims, according to Jagat Pal, an advocator representing locals.

Following Thursday’s verdict, Muhammad Latif of the Sanjauli Mosque Committee said they would present determination the precocious tribunal against the determination and, if necessary, attack the Supreme Court.The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) welcomed the territory court’s decision, saying it would pave the mode for akin actions against “illegal” mosque constructions, arsenic reported by quality bureau PTI.