Krishna Janmabhoomi case: SC issues notice on mosque committee plea against clubbing suits

Supreme Court issues notices on mosque committee's plea against consolidation of Hindu suits in Mathura dispute.

The Supreme Court on Friday (April 4, 2025) issued notices on a plea of the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court consolidating all suits of the Hindu side in relation to the Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute.

The High Court on October 23, last year, rejected an application of the Committee of Management, Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah seeking the recall of its January 11 order which consolidated all suits of the Hindu side in the case.

The mosque committee had moved the High Court after the top court on March 19, last year, asked it to first seek the recall of the order consolidating the lawsuits there.

On Friday, a Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan noted the submissions of the mosque committee's counsel and advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing some Hindu litigants, and issued the notices.

The Bench said the notices would be served on all the respondents within seven days.

Aside from "Bhagwan Shrikrishna Virajman", the mosque committee made 10 parties as respondents to its plea.

The mosque committee also filed a separate plea challenging another order of the Allahabad High Court by which it said the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) were to be made parties to the pending lawsuits of Hindu side.