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The high court had on May 3 reserved its verdict on a petition seeking transfer of the case, in which Hindu devotees have claimed rights over the land on which the Shahi Masjid Idgah is built, from the Mathura district court to the high court .
Allahabad High Court will now hear all the cases related to Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi dispute. The High Court has transferred the cases currently going on in the lower court of Mathura to itself. The high court had on May 3 reserved its verdict on a petition seeking transfer of the case, in which Hindu devotees have claimed rights over the land on which the Shahi Masjid Idgah is built, from the Mathura district court to the high court .
It was said in the petition that the case of Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura is of national importance and it should be heard in the High Court. The petition was filed by Lord Shri Krishna Virajman at Katra Keshav Dev Khevat Mathura through Ranjana Agnihotri and seven others and counsel for the respondents. The Management Committee of Shahi Masjid Idgah adjacent to Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple, Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust, Katra Keshav Dev, Deeg Gate, Mathura and Shri Krishna Janma Sthan Seva Sansthan, Katra Keshav Dev, Deeg Gate, Mathura are the respondents in the case.
The applicants had filed a civil suit before the Civil Judge (Senior Division) for declaration and injunction claiming the right of the Hindu community over the Idgah Mosque, stating that it was constructed by demolishing Hindu temples and thus The building cannot be a mosque because there was never any waqf. created. The petition states that the land was never dedicated for the construction of the mosque.
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