The Supreme Court has quashed the NSA detention of Mulla Afroz, an accused in the 2024 Sambhal violence, holding that the State could not have passed the order on the basis of a confession allegedly made in police custody, and imposed costs of Rs 10 lakh on the Uttar Pradesh government.
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.
The Allahabad High Court upheld a local court’s order allowing a survey in the dispute between the Shahi Jama Masjid and Harihar Temple, dismissing the Masjid committee’s objections. The court ruled that the survey and civil suit were legally valid, supporting the continuation of the legal process amid ongoing religious tensions.