<p>Budaun (UP): The hearing in the Jama Masjid Shamsi versus Neelkanth temple case here could not be held on Tuesday due to the death of a lawyer of the court.</p><p>The matter will now come up for hearing on December 17, said advocate Asrar Ahmed, representing the Shamsi Shahi Jama Masjid Intezamia Committee and the Waqf Board.</p><p>On December 3, Civil Judge (Senior Division) Amit Kumar Singh asked the Muslim side to complete their arguments by December 10.</p>.Part of 180-year-old mosque razed under anti-encroachment drive in UP's Fatehpur.<p>The matter started in 2022 when Mukesh Patel, the then convenor of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, claimed that the Neelkanth Mahadev temple existed at the mosque site.</p><p>The case came into the limelight after the November 24 violence in the neighbouring Sambhal district during a protest against a court-ordered survey of a mosque which the petitioners claimed was built after destroying an old temple.</p><p>The Jama Masjid Shamsi is built on an elevated area called Sotha Mohalla and is considered the highest structure in the town of Budaun.</p><p>It is also believed to be the third oldest existing and seventh largest mosque in the country with a capacity to accommodate 23,500 people. </p>
<p>Budaun (UP): The hearing in the Jama Masjid Shamsi versus Neelkanth temple case here could not be held on Tuesday due to the death of a lawyer of the court.</p><p>The matter will now come up for hearing on December 17, said advocate Asrar Ahmed, representing the Shamsi Shahi Jama Masjid Intezamia Committee and the Waqf Board.</p><p>On December 3, Civil Judge (Senior Division) Amit Kumar Singh asked the Muslim side to complete their arguments by December 10.</p>.Part of 180-year-old mosque razed under anti-encroachment drive in UP's Fatehpur.<p>The matter started in 2022 when Mukesh Patel, the then convenor of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, claimed that the Neelkanth Mahadev temple existed at the mosque site.</p><p>The case came into the limelight after the November 24 violence in the neighbouring Sambhal district during a protest against a court-ordered survey of a mosque which the petitioners claimed was built after destroying an old temple.</p><p>The Jama Masjid Shamsi is built on an elevated area called Sotha Mohalla and is considered the highest structure in the town of Budaun.</p><p>It is also believed to be the third oldest existing and seventh largest mosque in the country with a capacity to accommodate 23,500 people. </p>