Sambhal row: Trial court not to proceed in case till Allahabad high court hears plea, says Supreme Court | India News – Times of India
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on Friday for ‘Jumma namaz’. Police and local administration ensured heavy security in the restive town. Most locals welcomed the apex court order staying proceedings in trial court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday directed the Sambhal district administration to maintain peace and harmony in the communally charged area and ordered the trial court, which had ordered a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on the Hindu side's suit claiming it to be Harihar temple, not to proceed further till Allahabad high court heard the mosque management committee's plea. Five people had died in violence in the wake of the survey on Nov 24.Importantly, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar refused to accede to sen...