The courtroom of a civil choose and junior Justice of the Peace in Mangaluru has rejected an software filed by the authorities of a mosque within the Malalipete village in Mangaluru to reject a go well with filed by two native activists to protect constructions within the mosque complicated on account of the existence of an previous temple.
The authorities of the Jumma Masjid at Malalipete approached the civil courtroom with an software to reject a go well with, filed by two activists to protect the mosque complicated, on the grounds that it was in violation of the Locations of Worship (Particular Provisions) Act, 1991, which bars conversion of locations of worship of 1 faith into a spot of worship for one more faith.
The courtroom rejected the applying on the grounds that “the plaintiffs haven’t looked for any proper to worship within the go well with property or for elimination of the Mosque and institution of the temple.”
“Thus, within the opinion of this courtroom, Sec.4 of the Locations of Worship (Particular Provisions) Act, 1991, shouldn’t be relevant for the current case readily available. The civil courtroom has jurisdiction to strive the current go well with,” the civil courtroom stated whereas rejecting the applying of the Jumma Masjid Malalipete authorities.
The mosque authorities filed the applying in the middle of a go well with filed by Malalipete activists Dhananjay and Manoj Kumar looking for to forestall the demolition of an previous construction of the Masjid by the Masjid committee – which is taken into account a temple by some locals.
Dhananjay and Manoj Kumar requested the courtroom of their go well with to direct mosque authorities to forestall the dismantling of an “previous tiled temple cum historic monument located within the plaint schedule property or inflicting any loss or damages to the identical or placing up new construction” earlier than authorities authorities decide the character of the construction on the premises.
The activists sought to protect the constructions on the mosque premises as a historic monument and “preservation of the identical till the dedication of the problems by the involved authorities authorities, together with the archaeological division”.