Allahabad HC gives ASI a week to reply to suit seeking Agra mosque survey | India News – Times of India

PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court issued an order on Monday giving ASI another week to respond to a suit seeking an archaeological survey of Agra’s Jama Masjid and the appointment of an advocate commissioner to oversee it.
The plaintiffs contend that an idol of the deity Thakur Keshavdev from the Krishna Janmabhoomi shrine that was purportedly razed by Aurangzeb in 1670 is buried under the stairs of the mosque.
Justice Mayank Kumar Jain also granted the counsel for the Hindu plaintiffs to file an objection to the impleadment plea by the managing committee of Mathura’s Shahi Eidgah. He was hearing one of the 18 consolidated suits in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah dispute. The next hearing is scheduled for Aug 12.