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Mathura Shahi Idgah case talks inconclusive, next meet August 18
A court-mandated mediation in the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah land dispute ended inconclusively on Saturday. Special Judge Arvind Kumar Yadav has set August 18 as the next date for talks, lawyers said.…
The Story in Brief
A court-mandated mediation in the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah land dispute ended inconclusively on Saturday. Special Judge Arvind Kumar Yadav has set August 18 as the next date for talks, lawyers said. The Hindu side reiterated its demand that the mosque land, part of a 13.37-acre plot owned by the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust, be handed over and the mosque shifted elsewhere.
The Muslim side rejected the proposal, insisting on the validity of the 1968 agreement between the trust and the Shahi Idgah committee. Advocate Tanveer Ahmed argued the matter is sub judice before the Supreme Court, which should decide the claims, making further settlement talks unnecessary. Several related cases are pending in the Allahabad High Court and the Supreme Court.
The Indian Opinion
The repeated failure of court-mandated talks in the Shahi Idgah dispute feeds a dangerous binary: either the mosque must go or the temple claim is frivolous. Neither side seems willing to acknowledge that the Places of Worship Act, 1991, locks the religious character of this site as it stood in 1947. The real test is whether the judiciary will enforce that law or allow its erosion through endless litigation. Until then, these sterile negotiations only inflame passions without offering any path to closure.
Source: siasat.com
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