The Allahabad High Court has transferred 14 judicial officers in Uttar Pradesh, including Sambhal CJM Vibhanshu Sudheer, in a routine administrative reshuffle. The transfer comes shortly after his order directing registration of an FIR against senior police officials over the November 2024 Sambhal violence.
A Chandausi court has fixed August 28 for hearing the Shahi Jama Masjid–Harihar temple case after the Muslim side argued that the matter is already pending before the Supreme Court. The dispute, which earlier triggered violence in Sambhal, remains one of the most sensitive temple-mosque cases in Uttar Pradesh.
A local court on Thursday refused to grant interim bail to Shahi Jama Masjid president Zafar Ali. The court has now scheduled the hearing for his regular bail plea on April 2, according to officials.Additional district judge II, Nirbhay Narayan Rai, dismissed Zafar Ali’s interim bail request after hearing arguments from both the defense and the prosecution.
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament, Iqra Choudhary, has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, urging the full implementation of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. This Act seeks to maintain the status quo of religious places as they were on August 15, 1947, and prohibits any legal proceedings that aim to alter the religious character of these places.
The Allahabad High Court ordered the listing of a writ petition seeking the registration of an FIR against officials involved in the Sambhal violence case. The petition was filed by the Hazrat Khwajah Garib Nawaj Welfare Association, claiming officials were responsible for the incident that resulted in four deaths.
The Allahabad High Court became the epicenter of legal battles surrounding the recent violence in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. A series of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) have been filed, questioning the role of authorities and the actions of the police during the unrest near the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, which left five people dead and over 20 police officers injured.
