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SC okays demolition at 400-yr-old Guj mosque
Hindustan Times
|October 18, 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Gujarat high court's decision allowing the partial demolition of the 400-year-old Mancha Masjid complex in Ahmedabad to facilitate a road-widening project, observing that the action was driven by public interest and nota violation of religious freedom.
A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi noted that only a portion of the vacant land and a platform adjacent to the mosque were being cleared, while the mosque structure itself would remain intact.
This story is from the October 18, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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