New Delhi:
Hours after the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque site in Dhar a temple, Vishnu Shankar Jain, the lawyer who represented the Hindu side, said exercising the fundamental rights of worship will be their immediate priority, followed by prepping for the larger legal struggle in the Supreme Court.
“We will worship in the premises in question. We will exercise our fundamental rights of worship in the premises in question in tune with Article 25, as well as Section 16 of the ASI Act 1958,” he told NDTV when asked about the Hindu side’s next course of action.
“And in case the Maulana Kamaluddin and Qazi Zakiullah (the Muslim petitioners) approach the honourable Supreme Court by way of an SLP (Special Leave Petition), we will also file our caveat, and we will also present our arguments before the court,” he added.
The High Court cancelled the 2003 Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) order allowing Muslims to offer Friday prayers on Bhojshala premises.
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