UP govt tells Supreme Court: Well near Sambhal Masjid is situated on public land, has no connection with mosque

The Supreme Court in the case Committee of Management, Shahi Jama Masjid, Sambhal v. Hari Shankar Jain and others observed and has denied the claims of the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid Committee over a well situated near the masjid.

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The State of Uttar Pradesh has informed the Supreme Court that the subject well is situated on public land.

The report stated that, 'In a status report filed in the Supreme Court, the State said that the subject well, which being locally known as 'Dharani varah koop', is not situated inside the Mughal-era structure (which the State described as a 'disputed religious structure'). Thus, the well has no relation or connection with the 'mosque or disputed religious site'.

The State in the case stated that, 'Even the disputed religious site is itself situated on public land. Thus, It has been submitted that the well is a public well and is not situated anywhere inside the mosque or dispute religious site and there being no access to the subject well from inside the mosque.

Last Year, in November, a trial court had ordered a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid at Chandausi in a suit which was filed wherein it claimed that the mosque was built after destroying a historic temple.