PIL on Krishna Janmabhoomi dismissed as matter already part of pending suits: HC order
PIL seeking to declare the site of the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district as Krishna Janmabhoomi or the birthplace of Lord Krishna was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court as the issue was already a part of other «pending suits». The high court dismissed the PIL on Wednesday and the copy of the order was uploaded on its website on Friday.
A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed the order on the PIL filed by Mahek Maheshwari, an advocate, and others. The bench had earlier reserved its order in the case on September 4.
Dismissing the PIL, the court observed, «Since the issues involved in the present writ (PIL) is already engaging attention of the Court in appropriate proceedings (i.e. the Pending suits), we are not inclined to entertain the instant writ (PIL) and the same is accordingly dismissed.»
Appearing on behalf of the state government, Chief Standing Counsel Kunal Ravi Singh opposed the writ petition, saying that «though this petition has been described as a PIL, it is not in public interest rather, it espouses a personal cause in-as-much as the petitioner claims to be a devout Hindu and ardent devotee of Lord Shree Krishna.»
He further submitted, «Under the order dated May 26, 2023 passed in Transfer Application (Civil) No.
88 of 2023 (Bahgwan Shri Krishna Virajman and 7 others vs. U.P.
Sunni Central Waqf Board and 3 others) as many as 10 cases pending before the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Mathura have been transferred to this Court and are pending.»
«The suits raise the same issues as have been raised in the instant writ (PIL). It is, thus, prayed that the writ (PIL) be dismissed at the threshold.»
After hearing parties, the
