Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid committee moves Supreme Court against survey

New Delhi: The Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid committee has filed a plea in the Supreme Court questioning the validity of survey ordered within a short span of time, triggering violence in the area and leading to death of four protestors.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar would take up the matter on Friday.

The plea has been filed by the Committee of Management, Shahi Jama Masjid, Sambhal.

It questioned "the hot haste" in which the survey was allowed and conducted all within a day and suddenly another survey was conducted after couple of days with a notice of barely six hours, claiming it has given rise to widespread communal tensions and threatened the secular and democratic fabric of the nation.

The survey was ordered by civil judge (senior division) on a suit filed by advocate Hari Shankar Jain and others.

According to the plaintiffs, Shahi Jama Masjid at Chandausi was built by Mughal emperor Babar in 1526 after demolishing Shri Harihar temple.